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Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 12/05/07 10:44
On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:25:48 +1030, Michael
<michael_j@pythontech.net.au> wrote:
>Chilly8 wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:0v2dnWmDBPFamsvanZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>>
>>>> It appears that by simply blocking incoming traffic from the networks
>>>> of three data centers around the world has stopped it. I have only see
>>>> one "phony" registration all day, coming from China. Blocking all
>>>> traffic from inHoster in Ukraine, Keymachine in Germany, and
>>>> FDC servers in Chicago has pretty much stopped the porn bots.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> For now. But how many legitimate users might you be blocking, also?
>>>
>>> Blocking an entire range of addresses is almost never the right answer.
>>> Just the expedient one.
>>
>>
>> I doubt I would be blocking any legitimate users, as those sites I mentioned
>> are all server colocation facilities. It appears that somoene has
>> compromised
>> all the machines at least two of those server farms. It might be possible
>> that
>> some users, trying to use a proxy from work to acoid detection by the
>> boss, might be affected by blocking FDC servers, since a couple of
>> popular anonymity services use FDC for their server needs, but
>> beyond that, I don't think many legitimate users will be affected, but
>> there really is no other answer to the problem.
>>
>>
>
>With your logic, why don't you block the entire internet... you know,
>seeing a majority of spam comes from the internet and all.
>
>Granted this is where your spam is coming from RIGHT NOW, it wont be in
>a few weeks time. But thats okay, you will just block those IPs as well!
> When you have thousands of blocked IP ranges, are you going to
>periodically check them, to see if they have been re-allocated to some
>poor ISP?
>
>It is your site, but you should really consider other options.
>
> - Michael
Well, I for one don't really give a fuck. I mean if he wants to cut
off his nose to spite his face...let him. Further if you and he are
ever applying for a job and the interviewer asks for examples of sites
you've done that employ spam prevention techniques...guess which one
of you is gonna get the job?
And really, in his case, I don't think it's a matter of him "not
liking" catcha images so much as he simply has no level of skill and
therefore does not comprehend how to even setup such a system
(especially not with whatever prefab cookie cutter piece of shit
Webbie board he's ripped off). He probably could have gotten better
help (as far as his actual situation) if he told everyone right from
the start that he had no coding ability and was simply using a
template jobbie.
--
Onideus Mad Hatter
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