[Question] Do all Internet IPs have country ? Can there be any that don't ?

[Rexadev]

Or the database is for "as much as possible" ?

[Raphty]

Great question, and sadly there is no easy answer.

You will have to split the answer from the start as well since there are two versions of IP in use v4 and v6. V6 is different because we have a lot more of them and each device has a unique one and if that device travels the ip address travels with it...

we are much more limited in ipv4. In general there are geolocations associated with them - but you can buy an address and assign it in a different country as well. Wikipedia: Internet geolocation

For Portmaster we compile and update the geoloaction database every 1-3 months and each Portmaster install has a local copy of that data! is it always 100% up to date - no. But things don't change that rapidly and for the typical person this is not a big threat.

[Rexadev]

V6 is different because we have a lot more of them and each device has a unique one and if that device travels the ip address travels with it...

If you ignore the MAC Address part in IPv6

For Portmaster we compile and update the geoloaction database every 1-3 months and

How ?

each Portmaster install has a local copy of that data! is it always 100% up to date - no.

You should create a separate repo for it too

But things don't change that rapidly and for the typical person this is not a big threat.

People don't expect a security software to be laxed