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sharonbn
sharonbn

Reputation: 1

Windows Azure: detect client location

We have an application that is deployed on Windows Azure. The application serves client apps installed on Windows Phone devices. Now I an facing a new requirement - filter clients based on their location (more accurately, based on the location of the operator). The requirement is to filter out certain blacklisted countries (like Iran etc.)

I know that in Google App Engine, any incoming HTTP request has a header which specifies location of client. wanted to know if there;s anything resembling that on Azure.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 316

Answers (1)

Jeremy McGee
Jeremy McGee

Reputation: 25210

No, Azure doesn't have any mobile-specific features for geo-location of IPs.

A general list of resources that may help you are here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/283016/know-a-good-ip-address-geolocation-service.

Bear in mind, however, that if your user is behind some kind of proxy or VPN that they can circumvent this kind of check very easily as their IP will appear to be different.

Upvotes: 1

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