Dear IntelMQ users,

Sebix mentioned something that might be relevant for everyone using IntelMQ (or actually maxmind for the matter).

(quote) "MaxMind has always been committed to an individual’s right to privacy on the internet. We welcome the burgeoning privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, for the benefit they can provide to internet citizens. However, these new legislative measures place restrictions that impact our ability to continue distributing our GeoLite2 databases on a public page under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License."

Maxmind has decided to change the download mechanism of the maxmind GeoLite 2 database. You now need to be registered and need a license key. Since I know that many IntelMQ users rely on maxmind for geolocation, you might want to register there and get a new license key and make sure it can be used for the most recent database version.

More info at https://blog.maxmind.com/2019/12/18/significant-changes-to-accessing-and-usi...

All the best and a happy 2020! Aaron.

-- // L. Aaron Kaplan kaplan@cert.at - T: +43 1 5056416 78 // CERT Austria - https://www.cert.at/ // Eine Initiative der nic.at GmbH - http://www.nic.at/ // Firmenbuchnummer 172568b, LG Salzburg