Juggernaut administers the Maxmind Database to enforce GEO-IP, yet it seems that it is making it's requests to Maxmind via HTTP. Maxmind is notifying its users, that this access will soon be disabled.
What is the solution to this?
Please see the email from Maxmind below:
Action Required: Use HTTPS for GeoIP database downloads
Dear MaxMind customer,
We’re writing because, between July 15 and August 14, we saw GeoIP download requests from your account that are not being sent with HTTPS (see details below). To improve our server infrastructure and allow for better performance and efficiency, MaxMind will begin requiring HTTPS for GeoIP download requests in March 2024. To help customers get ready for this change, we will have a planned, temporary enforcement of this policy on October 17, 2023.
What is the policy?
- MaxMind will only accept GeoIP download requests sent with the more secure HTTPS protocol.
What do I need to do?
To ensure that you can continue to download GeoIP databases, please make the change(s) listed below prior to October 17, 2023. The policies will be permanently enforced in March 2024:
You sent 8 GeoIP database download queries to the endpoint
http://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download. Note that these queries were sent without using the more secure HTTPS protocol. Update your integration to send these GeoIP database download queries to
https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download. Note that you should be using the more secure HTTPS protocol.
What’s next?
We won't be able to immediately confirm that the changes you have made are working. We’ll send another email next month with updated information about requests we are seeing from your account, and a third email before the planned interruption. If we don’t see any GeoIP download requests that violate our policies, we’ll send you an email to let you know that things look good on our end.
What if I need more help?
If you need more help or have additional questions, please contact us at
[email protected].
Thanks for your attention.
Sincerely,
The Team at MaxMind