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Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation
From: Ronald Cotoni <setient () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:00:46 -0500
Joe Greco wrote:
A cron job/schedule task with a script that removes said line would most likely do wonderous things for you. I could see a comment before each listing with a time/date that you use some regex fu on to figure out how long it was there and how long it should be there for. Simple! You could also automate it with a web frontend for noobs so they don't have to manually edit configuration files.there is a fundamental disconnect here. the IP space is neutral. it has no bias toward or against social behaviours. its a tool. the actual/real target here are the people who are using these toolsto be antisocial. blacklisting IP space is always reactive and should only beused in emergency and as a -TEMPORARY- expedient.IMHO of course., YMMV.Show me ONE major MTA which allows you to configure an expiration for an ACL entry. The problem with your opinion, and it's a fine opinion, and it's even a good opinion, is that it has very little relationship to the tools which are given to people in order to accomplish blocking. Kind of the question I was contemplating in my other message of minutes ago. If people were given an option to "block this IP for 30 minutes, 24 hours, 30 days, 12 months, 5 years, or forever" - I wonder how many people would just shrug and click "forever." This may lead to the discovery of another fundamental disconnect - or two. Sigh. ... JG
Current thread:
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation, (continued)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Brian Keefer (Sep 08)
- RE: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Frank Bulk (Sep 09)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Jon Lewis (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Jon Lewis (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation bmanning (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation bmanning (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Ronald Cotoni (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 09)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Chris Hills (Sep 09)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation James Cloos (Sep 12)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 12)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation James Cloos (Sep 12)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 12)
- RE: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Keith Medcalf (Sep 12)
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- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation JC Dill (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Joe Greco (Sep 08)
- Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation Alex Balashov (Sep 08)