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

05-05-2009, 11:30 AM

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

HorseShit · 05-05-2009, 11:58 AM

what type of site are you talking about?

baddog · 05-05-2009, 03:43 PM

What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?

JamesK · 05-05-2009, 04:06 PM

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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.

delux_247 · 05-05-2009, 04:11 PM

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.

seeandsee · 05-05-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?

who will know

baddog · 05-05-2009, 04:16 PM

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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.

d-null · 05-05-2009, 04:32 PM

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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

_Richard_ · 05-05-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

I doubt Africa got a new set of IP's.

not sure that's the point

u-Bob · 05-05-2009, 04:37 PM

lol @ the entire country of africa.

05-05-2009, 04:46 PM

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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

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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

closer · 05-05-2009, 07:59 PM

Just get the ip ranges of all countries in Africa once a year and update your file.

http://www.blockacountry.com/

rowan · 05-05-2009, 10:06 PM

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.

hjnet · 05-05-2009, 10:14 PM

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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

05-05-2009, 11:30 AM	#1
teh ghey Guest Posts: n/a	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

05-05-2009, 04:11 PM	#5
delux_247 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 26	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

05-05-2009, 07:59 PM	#12
closer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ICQ :: 34739932 :: Les Pays-Bas Posts: 1,707	Just get the ip ranges of all countries in Africa once a year and update your file. http://www.blockacountry.com/ __________________ HOT DOMAIN NAMES FOR SALE: EUROPEAN: MACHO.FR ⌘ KINKY.ES ⌘ SEXTOONS.CO.UK ⌘ DOT COMS: DJSEX.COM ⌘ FAQBOX.COM ⌘ WEBCAMSTV.COM ⌘ SEXTWEET.COM ⌘ PORNVOUCHER.COM ⌘ GAYBF.COM \| GAYBFF.COM ⌘ GAYSEXDATE.COM \| GAYSEXDATING.COM

05-05-2009, 11:58 AM	#2
HorseShit Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,513	what type of site are you talking about?

05-05-2009, 03:43 PM	#3
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	What do you mean a 6 month old IP is worthless?

05-05-2009, 04:37 PM	#10
u-Bob there's no $$$ in porn Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: icq: 195./568.-230 (btw: not getting offline msgs) Posts: 33,063	lol @ the entire country of africa.

05-05-2009, 10:06 PM	#13
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	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.