geoip6 after cbc6e7d4 erroneously marks 2001:db8::/32 belonging to US

Nearly all webtunnel bridges uses fake IPv6 address within the range 2001:db8::/32, which is specifically reserved for documentation and examples only, to differentiate with each other, so IP address within this range should not be considered to belong to any country. However, the geoip6 after cbc6e7d4 marks 2001:db8::/32 belonging to US, making a user with ExcludeNodes {us} in their torrc unable to use any webtunnel bridge, no matter where the webtunnel bridge server really is. (its real IP address should be resolved from "url=" option via DNS)

Later, I found that geoip files also mark 192.0.2.0/24, 198.51.100.0/24 , and 203.0.113.0/24, which are reserved for use in examples in specifications and other documents belonging to US,and and the fake address for meek and snowflake lies in 192.0.2.0/24.

Currently, the geoip files should be patched accordingly to make webtunnel, meek, and snowflake bridges usable with ExcludeNodes {us} again:

diff --git a/geoip b/geoip
--- a/geoip
+++ b/geoip
@@ -268106,7 +268106,8 @@
 3220258816,3220278271,BR
 3220278272,3220279295,AR
 3220279296,3221225471,BR
-3221225728,3221226495,US
+3221225728,3221225983,US
+3221226240,3221226495,US
 3221226496,3221227519,KY
 3221227520,3221258239,US
 3221258240,3221291007,CA
@@ -316309,7 +316310,6 @@
 3325250560,3325252095,US
 3325253632,3325255423,US
 3325255680,3325256447,US
-3325256704,3325256959,US
 3325256960,3325257215,ID
 3325257216,3325257727,US
 3325257728,3325258751,CA
@@ -326175,7 +326175,6 @@
 3405799936,3405801471,AU
 3405801472,3405803519,CN
 3405803520,3405803775,AU
-3405803776,3405804031,US
 3405804032,3405804543,CN
 3405804544,3405806079,AU
 3405806080,3405806335,CN
diff --git a/geoip6 b/geoip6
--- a/geoip6
+++ b/geoip6
@@ -16812,7 +16812,6 @@
 2001:da1::,2001:da7:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,AU
 2001:da8::,2001:daa:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,CN
 2001:dab::,2001:db7:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,AU
-2001:db8::,2001:db8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,US
 2001:db9::,2001:dc0:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,AU
 2001:dc1::,2001:dc1:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,TW
 2001:dc2::,2001:dc4:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff,JP

Observed on Tor Browser 15.0.5.

Edited Feb 04, 2026 by Odups
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