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# sk105019 - Geo Protection logs show incorrect Source Country

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk105019 |
| Date Created | 2015-03-03 |
| Last Modified | 2020-04-02 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- IPS event of Geo Location enforcement is shown with Source Country field containing country name that belongs to Destination IP address and not the Source IP address.

Example:
...  
**Source: some-server.tw** (\<IP Address 1\>)  
Destination: \<IP Address 2\>  
Protocol: udp  
Attack: Geo-location enforcement  
Attack Information: Geo-location outbound enforcement  
Product: IPS Software Blade  
IPS Profile: itprod-frontend-Recommended_Protection  
**Source Country: Sweden**   
Protection ID: BlockByCountries  
Protection Name: Geo Protection  
====   

Source: some-server.tw (\<IP Address 1\>)  
Destination: some-server.se   

IP Address \<IP Address 2\>  
Host \<some-server.se\>  
Location SE SE, Sweden   

IP Address \<IP Address 1\>  
Host \<some-server.tw\>  
Location TW TW, Taiwan

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