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| author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2018-02-08 17:20:26 -0800 |
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| committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2018-03-06 18:02:21 +0000 |
| commit | a1da75c554881667dd92e11f098630f2d604872b (patch) | |
| tree | b1d6a60a663bf93f1eede809a0c383544508d6e2 /docbook/wsdg_src | |
| parent | b2d3680558d19998c55b48e9807a26e145756eba (diff) | |
Transition from GeoIP Legacy to MaxMindDB.
MaxMind is discontinuing its legacy databases in April in favor of
GeoIP2, which use a newer database format (MaxMind DB). The reference C
library (libmaxminddb) is available under the Apache 2.0 license which
isn't quite compatible with ours.
Add mmdbresolve, a utility that reads IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on stdin
and prints resolved information on stdout. Place it under a liberal
license (MIT) so that we can keep libmaxminddb at arm's length. Add
epan/maxmind_db.[ch], which spawns mmdbresolve and communicates with it
via stdio.
Migrate the preferences and documentation to MaxMindDB.
Change the IPv4 and IPv6 asnum fields to FT_UINT32s. Change the
geographic coordinate fields to FT_DOUBLEs.
Bug: 10658
Change-Id: I24aeed637bea1b41d173270bda413af230f4425f
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/26214
Petri-Dish: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot
Reviewed-by: Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook/wsdg_src')
| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc | 23 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc index 247649d5a7..c184f867cf 100644 --- a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc +++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_libraries.asciidoc @@ -353,26 +353,19 @@ The PortAudio sources are downloaded from https://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark-win32-libs/trunk/packages/[] and compiled locally. -[[ChLibsGeoIP]] +[[ChLibsMaxMindDB]] -=== GeoIP (optional) +=== MaxMindDB (optional) -MaxMind Inc. publishes a GeoIP database for use in open source software. -It can be used to map IP addresses to geographical locations. +MaxMind Inc. publishes a set of IP geolocation databases and related +open source libraries. They can be used to map IP addresses to +geographical locations and other information. -[[ChLibsUnixGeoIP]] - -==== Unix - -If this library isn't already installed or available as a +If libmaxminddb library isn't already installed or available as a package for your platform, you can get it at -http://www.maxmind.com/app/c[]. +https://github.com/maxmind/libmaxminddb[]. -[[ChLibsWin32GeoIP]] - -==== Win32 MSVC - -We provide a package cross-compiled using MinGW32 at +We provide a package for Windows at https://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark-win32-libs/trunk/packages/[]. [[ChLibsWinSparkle]] |