Admin techie guys, if you blocked ips 6 months ago should you unblock them now?

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  • teh ghey
    • Oct 2026
    #1

    Admin techie guys, if you blocked ips 6 months ago should you unblock them now?

    6 months ago I blocked the entire country of africa from my site to keep out the scammera from africa.

    Now, 6 months later, I got 3 emails from regular members saying they cant access the site theyre blocked.
    So should I just delete ALL the ips in my bloked list?
    I dont know if theyre changing constantly and a 6 month old ip is worthless now.
    thanks
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    • HorseShit
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Dec 2004
      • 17513
      #2
      what type of site are you talking about?

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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089
          #3
          What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?

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            • JamesK
              hi
              • Jun 2002
              • 16731
              #4
              Originally posted by baddog
              What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?
              He means that person might not even be using that IP anymore and thus worthless to keep banned.
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                • delux_247
                  Registered User
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 26
                  #5
                  I typically only block entire ranges of IPs for a short period of time.

                  Even though the ISP owns entire chunks in a given range thanks to the wonders of release and renew and the nature of a DHCP connection those IPs probably belong to vastly different customers in that service by now.
                  jcondit (at) tantusinc.com

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                    • seeandsee
                      Check SIG!
                      • Mar 2006
                      • 50945
                      #6
                      Originally posted by baddog
                      What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?
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                        • baddog
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 107089
                          #7
                          Originally posted by JamesK
                          He means that person might not even be using that IP anymore and thus worthless to keep banned.
                          I doubt Africa got a new set of IP's.

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                            • d-null
                              . . .
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 13724
                              #8
                              Originally posted by teh ghey
                              6 months ago I blocked the entire country of africa from my site to keep out the scammera from africa.
                              ....
                              thanks

                              I take it Africa is not your favorite country


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                                • _Richard_
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Oct 2006
                                  • 30989
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                  I doubt Africa got a new set of IP's.
                                  not sure that's the point

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                                    • u-Bob
                                      there's no $$$ in porn
                                      • Jul 2005
                                      • 33063
                                      #10
                                      lol @ the entire country of africa.

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                                        • teh ghey
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Justin
                                          what type of site are you talking about?
                                          a dating site. I get a TON of nigerian spammers, and scammers from africa in general

                                          Originally posted by baddog
                                          What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?
                                          No I mean after theyre blocked they might be long gone and using other ips, and other people get new ips, so an innocent member might get the ip range I blocked and be locked out

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                                            • closer
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Sep 2005
                                              • 1707
                                              #12
                                              Just get the ip ranges of all countries in Africa once a year and update your file.

                                              http://www.blockacountry.com/

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                                                • rowan
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Mar 2002
                                                  • 17393
                                                  #13
                                                  Does "all of Africa" mean you just blocked X.*.*.*, or do you have some script that is able to pull all relevant blocks from a geoIP database?

                                                  Many people still think that blocking 202.*.*.* and 210.*.*.* blocks worthless Asian traffic... but that IP range is actually assigned to the ASIA PACIFIC area, which includes Australia and New Zealand.

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                                                    • hjnet
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • May 2002
                                                      • 3815
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by rowan
                                                      Does "all of Africa" mean you just blocked X.*.*.*, or do you have some script that is able to pull all relevant blocks from a geoIP database?

                                                      Many people still think that blocking 202.*.*.* and 210.*.*.* blocks worthless Asian traffic... but that IP range is actually assigned to the ASIA PACIFIC area, which includes Australia and New Zealand.
                                                      Don't confuse GFY with Geography

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