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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

E. Kline
K. Duleba
Z. Szamonek
S. Moser
W. Kumari

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8805

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Abstract

This document records a format whereby a network operator can publisha mapping of IP address prefixes to simplified geolocationinformation, colloquially termed a "geolocation feed". Interestedparties can poll and parse these feeds to update or merge with othergeolocation data sources and procedures. This format intentionallyonly allows specifying coarse-level location.

Some technical organizations operating networks that move from oneconference location to the next have already experimentally publishedsmall geolocation feeds.

This document describes a currently deployed format. At least oneconsumer (Google) has incorporated these feeds into a geolocationdata pipeline, and a significant number of ISPs are using it toinform them where their prefixes should be geolocated.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.