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MaxMind is an industry-leading provider of IP intelligence, online fraud detection tools and geolocation databases.

MaxMind provides IP intelligence through the GeoIP brand. Over 5,000 companies use GeoIP data to locate their Internet visitors and show them relevant content and ads, perform analytics, enforce digital rights, and efficiently route Internet traffic. Businesses can obtain additional insights into their customers' connection speeds, ISPs, and more using GeoIP data.

MaxMind's industry-leading minFraud service helps businesses prevent fraudulent online transactions and reduce manual review. The minFraud service is used to screen over 40 million e-commerce transactions and account registrations a month. Over 6,000 e-commerce businesses benefit from the minFraud service through our client and partner networks.

MaxMind is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts in the United States.

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Best IP to Country Database

We've got a requirement in a couple of our systems to detect a user's country based on their IP address. We'd prefer to use a database rather than a Web Service (to prevent issues with downtime/network access to an externally hosted service) so I'm…
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Best node.js module for finding location?

I had found couple of node.js modules for finding the information about client location and network using ip address. Requirements: Location - country, city, state, latitude, longitude etc. Network - Internet service Provider, Internet connection…
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How to Convert a Maxmind .MMDB to .DAT?

How to convert MaxMinds MMDB GeoIP to DAT format so that I can use with modsecurity+Apache. Modsecurity supports only DAT format.
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How to see .mmdb file content?

I have a file GeoLite2-City.mmdb which is MaxMind DB File. I want to see its content. What is a way to see the content of this .mmdb file? Does MaxMind offer a tool or a library to be able to read such files?
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Where does MaxMind get its data and how can you access it?

From what sources does geolocation databases like http://www.maxmind.com/ get its data? As i have understood it the IP registry places like ARIN and RIPE just hold information about what company is assigned the IP range so it has to be from the…
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GeoIP.dat.gz and GeoLiteCity.dat.gz not longer available? Getting 404 trying to load it

Started couple days ago i can't download http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz databases which i use to enable ngx_http_geoip_module…
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NoSuchMethodException in MaxMind GeoIp dependency jackson-databind built with mvn shade

I'm trying to run MaxMind's geoIP in a spark task, but I'm getting a NoSuchMethodException from a maxmind call to a jackson-databind library. I've removed all other versions of jackson-databind using mvn exclusions, yet the error persists after a…
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How to download GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz now need to add access code

Plugin I have uses this url which no longer works as need a license key obviously now https://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz I have tried this url (Note: I have removed my license key from the below) but it…
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How to find historical geolocation for an IP address, perhaps using maxmind?

I was wondering if there is any way to find historical geolocation IP information? Everything I've been able to find discusses current data, but I've been unable to find any way to query a service or DB to, for example, look for information on an IP…
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Maxmind .MMDB to .DAT? mod_maxminddb in Debian Repo?

There is allready another Thread about this which isn't really answered: How to Convert a Maxmind .MMDB to .DAT? Here Greg Oschwald, working at Maxmind, said that "The Legacy GeoIP builds (.dat) are not going away in the near future". Yeah, but the…
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How accurate is Maxminds GeoIP2 compared to GeoLite2 at the first tuesday of the month exactly?

I would like to know how much the database GeoIP2 is more accurate then the GeoLite2 database, when both databases are downloaded at the first tuesday of the month. Are there just some ip ranges omitted to get a less accurate dataset?
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IP address for testing MaxMind GeoIP DB

I'm experimenting with the MaxMind GeoIP (lite) DB. Part of this is trying to see if I can make solid unittests. For unittests I'd need to have some IP addresses I can rely on sending the same information always. Most IP addresses will move around,…
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Sitecore MaxMind options

Sitecore 6.6 (Update 4). MaxMind has an option for a Sitecore-specific lookup service that integrates with DMS. MaxMind also has some more generic web services. Can the 'generic' web services be used in conjunction with Sitecore/DMS or am I limited…
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Maxmind list all cities in a state

I am using maxmind node module to interact with the maxmind database. What I am trying to achieve is to get a list of all cities under specific state/country. The code is as follow. var maxmind =…
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GeoLite2 Country List Of Codes

In the GeoLite2 Country database does anyone know if a list of the two character country/organisation codes can be found anywhere or what source its using?
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