[Cialug] Mediacom and Qwest IPs

[David Champion]

Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Josh More
> <morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
>   
>> Does anyone on this list happen to have a handy reference for the
>> Internet IP addresses that Mediacom and Qwest assign to consumers in
>> Iowa?  I need to secure a client to the best extent feasible.  They're
>> Iowa-only and we need to block out specifically people from other
>> countries (I know, I know).
>>
>> I'm thinking it would be easier to do allow the majority of local ISPs
>> and deny everything else, rather than trying to build a blacklist from
>> ARIN.
>>     
>
> I hope you're charging this client an nice hourly rate becuase this is
> going to be a difficult, if not impossible task.  (Personally I'd say
> it's pointless, but it's their money I guess).
>
> Don't forget about "ISPs" like the ICN, U of I, and Iowa State.
>
> And what about wireless providers like Verizon, US Cellular, etc.?
>
> Might be worth looking into the various geolocation databases out there.
>
>   

Geolocation only works if the DNS has the proper entries for it, and it 
can be set to say whatever you want.

Also - besides all of the small ISP's, don't forget all of the companies 
around that may have various ISP's, whose arin info may say they're from 
out of state.

I checked the old IP blocks we haven't had since about 10 years ago, and 
they've finally changed the arin info for them.

-dc