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0 pointschaps2y ago0 comments

Cool. Thanks. But let's say I do.

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kube-system2y ago

Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send.

chapsOP2y ago

You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.

Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063

kube-system2y ago

I understand that was the initial question. I am saying that is a fools errand. Anyone with a few VPSes, a calculator, and a map can do this. It isn't just ipinfo.io doing this. There are a lot of ip geolocation services.

sgjohnson2y ago

And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.

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kube-system2y ago

Then there's nothing you can do. If you respond to pings, then others can take note of the responses you send.

chapsOP2y ago

You're missing the point that the question is effectively asking for a list of hosts that they can block.

Edit: they provided a method: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37510063

kube-system2y ago

sgjohnson2y ago

And if you don't respond to pings, a traceroute can still be used to find the hop before yours, which will almost certainly achieve the same result for geolocation purposes.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse