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[ILUG] Sort of OT'ish - irish ip address ranges

[ILUG] Sort of OT'ish - irish ip address ranges

Frank Duignan frank.duignan at gmail.com
Mon May 30 12:30:14 IST 2005


That's interesting - is there an online open database of such - or
indeed is it worth starting one?

On 5/30/05, Owen Connolly <ojc at networkarchitects.ie> wrote:
> Nope... This ain't daft, it's actually common practice.  It's frequently
>   done for licensing reasons by Television/Radio Stations.  There are
> commercial products that perform this kind of function, but it can also
> patched together with a few choice whois queries...
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> ojc
> 
> Frank Duignan wrote:
> > Does anyone know if is possible to restrict access to hosts from within Ireland
> > only?  The reason I ask is that I've noticed most breakin attempts on machines
> > I manage emanate from abroad.  I was sort of thinking of allowing access only
> > to hosts within know irish ip-address ranges (or is this daft?)
> >
> > f.
> 
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Owen J Connolly
> Technical Director
> http://www.networkarchitects.ie
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
>



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