No one cares about old hardware when solving a modern problem.
Existing IP <-> geolocation methods, assuming they are up to date and have easy maintenance, are good enough. I know that assumption isn't always able to be made, but that's a separate conversation.
From: "Masataka Ohta" <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 9:50:11 AM
Subject: Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study
Mike Hammett wrote:
> Every device that would be capable of doing anything also has an OS.
Old computers had hardware (manually manipulated switches and
light bulbs to read/write specific memory locations) to install boot
strap loader to download OS without any OS.
> The only involvement ISPs should have is ensuring that they have
> proper IP <-> geolocation information
Though IP layer has notion of location w.r.t. network topology,
it is not geolocation, which is why there is no precise geolocation
services to be relied by essential services such as emergency
alert.
Masataka Ohta
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 9:50:11 AM
Subject: Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study
Mike Hammett wrote:
> Every device that would be capable of doing anything also has an OS.
Old computers had hardware (manually manipulated switches and
light bulbs to read/write specific memory locations) to install boot
strap loader to download OS without any OS.
> The only involvement ISPs should have is ensuring that they have
> proper IP <-> geolocation information
Though IP layer has notion of location w.r.t. network topology,
it is not geolocation, which is why there is no precise geolocation
services to be relied by essential services such as emergency
alert.
Masataka Ohta