Significant Changes to Accessing and Using GeoLite2 Databases about pfelk HOT 5 CLOSED

I was able to sign up for an account, created a license key, updated the GeoIP.conf and everything worked.

(1) [MaxMind] Signed up for an account here: https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup

(2) [MaxMind] Once created, logged in and navigated to "Services --> My License Key"

(3) [MaxMind] Generated new license key

(4) [MaxMind] Edited GeoIP.conf and updated with AccountID, LicenseKey

Done

*I was able to create an account with my own domain email account and Gmail.

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Updated Readme with instructions for Max Mind credentials

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I tried to signup for a "free account" and it looks like it wants a corporate e-mail domain, at least it failed with my older hotmail address. I will try again later - apparently trying 3 times gets you banned temporarily from trying by cloudfare limiters.

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This does happen today when manually running the command:

~$ sudo geoipupdate -d /usr/share/GeoIP/
error retrieving updates: unexpected HTTP status code: 401 Unauthorized: An account ID and license key are required to use this service

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i emailed [email protected] to see if they can answer how we should go about this

https://www.maxmind.com/en/company/contact-us

Here is a somewhat relevant thread from netgate that seems to indicate there was a 7 day window to signup and mixed success in creating the accounts:

https://forum.netgate.com/topic/149128/maxmind-will-require-an-account-and-license-key-to-use-geolite2-dbs/17

This will affect both Snort and Suricata, as well as pfBlockerNG and countless other projects

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