libloc is a library for fast and efficient IP address location.
It offers:
- The Fastest Lookups: O(1) lookup time for IP addresses using a binary tree structure.
- Low Memory Footprint: The database is packed in a very efficient format.
- Security: Integrated signature verification for data integrity.
- Maintainability: Automatic updates.
- Standalone: No external dependencies, easy to integrate.
libloc is ideal for:
- Firewalls
- Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems (IPS/IDS)
- Web Applications
- Network Management Tools
The publicly available daily updated database stores information about:
- The entire IPv6 and IPv4 Internet
- Autonomous System Information including names
- Country Codes, Names and Continent Codes
libloc comes with a command line tool which makes it easy to test the library or
integrate it into your shell scripts. location(8) knows a couple of commands to retrieve
country or Autonomous System of an IP address and can generate lists of networks to be
imported into other software.
location (8) is versatile and very easy to use.
libloc itself is written in C. There are bindings for the following languages available:
- Python 3
- Lua
- Perl
libloc comes with native Python bindings which are used by its main command-line tool
location. They are the most advanced bindings as they support reading from the database
as well as writing to it.