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Re: [tor-bugs] #9244 [BridgeDB]: bridgedb's GeoIP module (v0.2.6, the latest) causes python to segfault
#9244: bridgedb's GeoIP module (v0.2.6, the latest) causes python to segfault
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Reporter: isis | Owner: isis
Type: defect | Status: needs_information
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: BridgeDB | Version:
Keywords: geoip,maxmind | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by sysrqb):
Replying to [comment:3 isis]:
> Blockfinder uses MaxMind's GeoIP, though when it refreshes the files I
believe it just shells out with a wget to get the GeoIP DB file from
MaxMind's website and then shoves it into a local sqlite DB. But I could
be wrong, I've not touched that part of it's code and I only skimmed over
it. Jake would probably know more.
Woops, yes, it definitely does.
> I don't have any suggestions, though most Tor projects use MaxMind, so
we probably shouldn't stray from that just because the files are not small
and it is likely that users already have them taking up a chunk of their
disk.
The size of the DB probably impacts OONI more than BridgeDB simply because
not many users run Bridgedb locally. BridgeDB also only uses the GeoIP
lookup to determine within which country the returned bridges should not
be blocked. I'm guessing aagbsn hasn't had a problem with this, yet.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9244#comment:6>
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