Re: I-D Action: draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint-01.txt

Hiya,

Two years on, I still strongly oppose this work.

Wouldn't we all be better off if we instead spent more effort on
trying to improve the Internet (and the web) by reducing the levels
of commercial surveillance (as we agreed to in RFC7258) rather than
enabling new ways to make that problem worse?

I'm not questioning the authors' bona-fides here, but this would
be going in entirely the wrong direction.

Thanks,
S.


On 10/19/24 04:38, internet-drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> Internet-Draft draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint-01.txt is now available. It is a
> work item of the HTTP (HTTPBIS) WG of the IETF.
> 
>     Title:   The IP Geolocation HTTP Client Hint
>     Authors: Tommy Pauly
>              David Schinazi
>              Ciara McMullin
>              Dustin Mitchell
>     Name:    draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint-01.txt
>     Pages:   7
>     Dates:   2024-10-18
> 
> Abstract:
> 
>     Techniques that improve user privacy by hiding original client IP
>     addresses, such as VPNs and proxies, have faced challenges with
>     server that rely on IP addresses to determine client location.
>     Maintaining a geographically relevant user experience requires large
>     pools of IP addresses, which can be costly.  Additionally, users
>     often receive inaccurate geolocation results because servers rely on
>     geo-IP feeds that can be outdated.  To address these challenges, we
>     can allow clients to actively send their network geolocation directly
>     to the origin server via an HTTP Client Hint.  This approach will not
>     only enhance geolocation accuracy and reduce IP costs, but it also
>     gives clients more transparency regarding their perceived
>     geolocation.
> 
> The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint/

> 
> There is also an HTML version available at:
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint-01.html

> 
> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-pauly-httpbis-geoip-hint-01

> 
> Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
> rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts
> 
> 
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