Posted by Chilly8 on 12/07/07 13:42

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"Norman Peelman" <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Chilly8 wrote:
>> X-No-Archive: Yes
>>
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>> 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).

No matter what, the board will be inacessible for a few days anyway.
My domain provider includes web submission in its service, but I have
to have the page running from their servers, in order for an updated
submission to the search engines, so no matter where they come from,
they will in 1and1's version of Page Not Found for a few days, while
I wait for their search engine submission service, that I am paying for,
to submit the most current version of my main page to the search engines.

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