location retrieves information from the location database. This data can be used to determine someone’s location on the Internet and for building firewall rulesets to block access from certain ASes or countries.
Installation
No installation is needed. location is part of the core package.
Usage
To run location with help just enter the command:
[root@ipfire ~] # location -h
usage: location [-h] [--debug] [--quiet] [--version] [--database DATABASE] [--public-key PUBLIC_KEY]
{version,lookup,dump,update,verify,get-as,search-as,list-networks-by-as,list-networks-by-cc,list-networks-by-flags,list-bogons,list-countries,export}
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Location Database Command Line Interface
positional arguments:
{version,lookup,dump,update,verify,get-as,search-as,list-networks-by-as,list-networks-by-cc,list-networks-by-flags,list-bogons,list-countries,export}
version Show database version
lookup Lookup one or multiple IP addresses
dump Dump the entire database
update Update database
verify Verify the downloaded database
get-as Get information about one or multiple Autonomous Systems
search-as Search for Autonomous Systems that match the string
list-networks-by-as
Lists all networks in an AS
list-networks-by-cc
Lists all networks in a country
list-networks-by-flags
Lists all networks with flags
list-bogons Lists all bogons
list-countries Lists all countries
export Exports data in many formats to load it into packet filters
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug Enable debug output
--quiet Enable quiet mode
--version show program's version number and exit
--database DATABASE, -d DATABASE
Path to database
--public-key PUBLIC_KEY, -k PUBLIC_KEY
Public Signing Key