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[arch-d] Re: IP Address Geolocation Considered Harmful

Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> Mon, 23 March 2026 17:30 UTC

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> On Mar 23, 2026, at 9:45 AM, John Levine - johnl at ietf.email <mailforwards@cloudmails.net> wrote:
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> How do you plan to do routing without some sort of geographic aggregation?


Routing depends on topological aggregation, not geographic aggregation.

Regards,
Tony

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