Hi,
The best way to do this would be to use a geoip database from Quova or
Maxmind (prices vary). Then you'd probably have to use something like
libipq and look up the database everytime a new connection is
instantiated. Satellite providers etc will still cause issues.
J
On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 12:03 +0000, Paul Reilly wrote:
> Does anyone know where to get a list of the IP address ranges used
> by the major broadband providers in Ireland? I'd like to be able to
> restrict access via SSH to just IP's coming from say Eircom,
> DigiWeb, Perlico etc. I tried looking up the netblock ranges but
> always seem to miss a subnet or two. Are the ranges documented
> somewhere?
>> Also is it possible to identify the town/city people are coming
> from based on their IP? I'd like to be able to provide a localised
> web page to say people from Galway or Cork, that is different to
> the page for people from Dublin.
>> Paul
>
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