Cloud IP Ranges

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ip range data

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How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Docs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful standardised data, Ruby website looks nice

    From 1 comment
    • Where are those list coming from? BGP data? ASN data? From feeds published by the orgs? Seems there are some discrepancies. Nice website on Ruby <3
      PranaFlux on HN

Objections

  • Commercial geo IP databases already provide cloud/hosting tags

    From 1 comment
    • Forgive me but this has already existed for years via geo ip lookup databases. These companies already take the feeds provided from all the various hosting companies, amongst…
      everfrustrated on HN
  • Counts are CIDRs, not IP addresses

    From 1 comment
    • AWS only has 8499 IP's? Nope, that's CIDRs. I'd recommend either calling it CIDRs or having a total IP count in the table. Also given the size of the Apple list I'd guess that…
      phillipseamore on HN
  • Apple list may include private relay user IPs

    From 1 comment
    • AWS only has 8499 IP's? Nope, that's CIDRs. I'd recommend either calling it CIDRs or having a total IP count in the table. Also given the size of the Apple list I'd guess that…
      phillipseamore on HN
  • Data sources discrepancies

    From 1 comment
    • Where are those list coming from? BGP data? ASN data? From feeds published by the orgs? Seems there are some discrepancies. Nice website on Ruby <3
      PranaFlux on HN

Requests

  • Add Bunny CDN list

    From 1 comment
    • Nice, it is annoying how there's no standard format for this. Here's another list you could pull in:…
      jsheard on HN
  • Cite data sources

    From 1 comment
    • Where are those list coming from? BGP data? ASN data? From feeds published by the orgs? Seems there are some discrepancies. Nice website on Ruby <3
      PranaFlux on HN

Questions

  • Where does the data come from (BGP, ASN, or org feeds)

    From 1 comment
    • Where are those list coming from? BGP data? ASN data? From feeds published by the orgs? Seems there are some discrepancies. Nice website on Ruby <3
      PranaFlux on HN

Alternatives named

  • Commercial geo IP databases such as ipinfo.io

    From 1 comment
    • Forgive me but this has already existed for years via geo ip lookup databases. These companies already take the feeds provided from all the various hosting companies, amongst…
      everfrustrated on HN

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