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It&#8217;s hard to get a ZIP code right\/more precise when you only have integer resolution (<code>38.0,-97.0<\/code>).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re still crunching through some of the ZeroAccess data and have some (hopefully) interesting results to present, but an weirld GeoIP anomaly has come up that I wanted to quickly share.<\/p>\n<p>To get some more granular data, I&#8217;m using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geonames.org\/\">GeoNames<\/a> API to get the latitude\/longitude pairs down to various US-level ZIP codes to facilitate additional analysis. During this exercise (which hasn&#8217;t finished as of this blog post due to needing to pace the API calls), it has become quite noticeable that GeoIP-coding definitely has flaws. Take, for example, Potwin, KS:<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/10\/11\/diy-zeroaccess-analysis-lesson-1-treat-geoip-results-lightly\/potwin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?fit=424%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"424,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"potwin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?fit=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?fit=424%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?resize=424%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"potwin\" width=\"424\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?w=424&amp;ssl=1 424w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/potwin.gif?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This cozy little town (population ~450) has the largest collection of bots, so far : 800. <strong>Yes, 800 bots (computers) in a 128 acre town of 450 people.<\/strong> (<code>#unlikely<\/code>)<\/p>\n<p>Either there&#8217;s some weirdness in the way @fslabs is tracking the bots (which is possible since we only have a lat\/long file with no other context\/data to look at) or we need to treat GeoIP results very lightly \u2013\u00a0or at least do some post-processing validation \u2013 since I suspect a decent portion of the 800 bots are actually in neighbor to the southwest:<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/10\/11\/diy-zeroaccess-analysis-lesson-1-treat-geoip-results-lightly\/wichita\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?fit=526%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"526,482\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wichita\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?fit=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?fit=510%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?resize=510%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"wichita\" width=\"510\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?w=526&amp;ssl=1 526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wichita.png?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I know GeoIP translation is not an exact science and is dependent upon a whole host of factors, but this one was just pretty humorous. It has caused me to slightly question the @fslabs data a <i>bit<\/i>, but I&#8217;m comfortable assuming they did sufficient due diligence before crafting an IP address list to geocode.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering what the other &#8220;Top US Bots&#8221; are (with 7K more to crunch):<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1699\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rud.is\/b\/2012\/10\/11\/diy-zeroaccess-analysis-lesson-1-treat-geoip-results-lightly\/s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?fit=387%2C311&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"387,311\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?fit=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?fit=387%2C311&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?resize=387%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"s\" width=\"387\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?w=387&amp;ssl=1 387w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rud.is\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/s.png?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: While the cautionary advice still (IMO) holds true, it turns out that \u2013 once I actually looked at the lat\/lng pair being returned for the anomaly presented below, the weird results come from horrible precision resolution from the initial IP address &rarr; 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