Posted by Michael on 12/07/07 06:10

Norman Peelman wrote:
> Chilly8 wrote:
>> X-No-Archive: Yes
>>
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:Ze6dnUvZ38qZgMvanZ2dnUVZ_uninZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There are lots of other answers to the problem. Some have been
>>> listed right here. And none of them involve blocking a whole range
>>> of IP addresses.
>>
>> By blocking them at the firewall level, it will appear the spammers using
>> the compromised machines at FDC, inHoster, and Keymachine that my
>> site went down, since they will get the 404 Server Not Found. It will
>> appear on their end that my site went down, and they will NEVER
>> figure out what I did. I figure they will go away after a while. I have
>> SuperXXXPorn and BestInWeb stopped DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.
>> I have them totally outsmarted, adn they will NEVER figure out what
>> happened.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I've given up watching CSI Miami just to watch this thread...
> entertainment at it finest (2nd only to OMH).
>
> ---
> Norm

LOL I second that.

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