Publication detail

Retrospective IP Address Geolocation for Geography-Aware Internet Services

KOMOSNÝ, D.

Original Title

Retrospective IP Address Geolocation for Geography-Aware Internet Services

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with the locations of IP addresses that were used in the past. This retrospective geolocation suffers from continuous changes in the Internet space and a limited availability of past IP location databases. I analyse the retrospective geolocation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses over five years. An approach is also introduced to handle missing past IP geolocation databases. The results show that it is safe to retrospectively locate IP addresses by a couple of years, but there are differences between IPv4 and IPv6. The described parametric model of location lifetime allows us to estimate the time when the address location changed in the past. The retrospective geolocation of IP addresses has a broad range of applications, including social studies, system analyses, and security investigations. Two longitudinal use cases with the applied results are discussed. The first deals with geotargeted online content. The second deals with identity theft prevention in e-commerce.

Keywords

database; location; geotargeted content; cybercrime; RIPE Atlas; MaxMind

Authors

KOMOSNÝ, D.

Released

22. 7. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

21

Number

15

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

18

Pages count

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/15/4975

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/200946

BibTex

@article{BUT172068,
  author="Dan {Komosný}",
  title="Retrospective IP Address Geolocation for Geography-Aware Internet Services",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2021",
  volume="21",
  number="15",
  pages="1--18",
  doi="10.3390/s21154975",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/15/4975"
}