Conditional Access with MaxMind GeoLite
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Dear Devolutions-Team,
after some troubleshooting with William (Devolutions) today, we found out that MaxMind GeoLite does not seem to be supported and that the paid version is required.
I'd like to inquire if it would be possible to enable the MaxMind features with the GeoLite version, as from what I can tell, only the API URL is different (Referencing "Flexibility" on this page GeoLite2 Web Service: Free IP Geolocation API, without reading up into the docs in detail, I might be wrong here!).
As we would like to only use it for very few queries yearly (presumably <100) on only a few select users (external collaberators), we'd be very glad if that was an option.
Thank you &
best regards,
MG
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Hello,
Thank you for your request. It is something that we can certainly look into. However, I would like to know what you would expect if you exceed the number of requests. Would you be okay with denying the connection if we can't validate the country?
Best regards,
François Dubois
Hi François,
thanks for the quick followup.
Denying the connection would be the preferred way to handle such cases for us, that is correct (maybe others would appreciate a dropdown option for deny/allow in the settings, as a general idea?).
A way for the admin to see the reason it fails (in this case free queries used up), would be very helpful as well, if that is not a hassle to implement. Maybe the api error codes could be passed over into the logs?
I am referencing this: GeoIP and GeoLite API Responses | MaxMind Developer Portal
Either way, thanks again and have a nice day.
MG
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback. I will keep that in mind, and we will let you know once we have an update on that.
Best regards,
François Dubois