[CentOS-mirror] New mirror

Sun Mar 19 19:37:54 UTC 2017
Mach Host <info at machost.co>

hello alex,

first your conclusion is not true because this server is part of a CDN, so
all websites inside are copys of the original.

i will perform the requested tracert and send it tomorrow.

fdcservers also provides ip transit

regards

2017-03-18 20:46 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Leonenko <alex at esecuredata.com>:

> Anssi is right, I don't see anywhere that they host in mexico.
>
>
> All other geo IP lookup tools point to Denver US.
>
> Even using maxmind, It tells us ISP and Organization is fdcservers.net
>
> If we look here: https://www.fdcservers.net/network.php
>
> There is no mention of Mexico, but there is mention of Denver, US, where
> other Geo IP's point to.
>
>
> If you go directly to 204.45.61.61, it points to http://litehost.co/ Which
> is located in Chicago, IL, US where traceroute from any location points to.
>
> Their website says "Our Tier 3 datacenter is located in Chicago, IL
> ensuring 99.9% uptime." Nothing about other locations.
>
> Finally traceroute mentions host-engine, http://host-
> engine.com/network.htm, Again only mentions of either Chicago and Denver
>
> "Our servers are located in Tier III datacenters on Denver, Miami and
> Chicago, connected to 1gbps uplink, guaranteeing 99% uptime and the best
> ping."
>
>
> I think we can conclude that, the server is actually located in US.
>
>
> Alex
>
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [CentOS-mirror] New mirror
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> 18.3.2017, 18.25, Mach Host kirjoitti:
> > hello,
> >
> > this ip is from SOFTLAYER, softlayer has servers in mexico but is not
> > peering with mexican providers in order to save some money, all traffic
> > going to softlayer is routed thought dallas.
> >
> > So, please delete all centos mirrors from softlayer as they are not
> > peering in mexico
> > then provide me a true mexican ip so i can perform the tracert.
> >
> > Here i attach a tracert from my server and from my home in mexico, BOTH
> > are forced to go throught Dallas by $oftlayer
>
> I'm sorry my example of a Mexican IP address was not good enough for
> you. That was not a mirror's IP address, but that is probably not
> relevant. Softlayer does peer with some Mexican providers, but
> apparently not with the ones you are using. Which Mexican ISPs are you
> peering with?
>
> But the thing is, I can find tons of examples where traceroute to your
> server goes through U.S., but none that would show that it would go
> directly from a host in Mexico to your mirror. In this situation, I
> believe the burden of proof is on you. Extraordinary claims require
> extraordinary evidence, as the saying goes.
>
> Please find me an example traceroute which shows true Mexico <-> Mexico
> connectivity and then I can have a closer look. This would also need to
> be something that I can verify myself -- examples of such verifiable
> claims include ISPs' looking glass websites, where I can give an IP
> address and the website will run a traceroute to the specified address.
>
> I would also like to reiterate that I don't particularly care where the
> servers itself are located, but where they are exposed to the rest of
> the Internet. If you route all the mirror's traffic through some VPN to
> a U.S. IP address, it is a U.S. mirror from our point of view and not a
> Mexican mirror.
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