Sounds over-zealous. Before I even block a single IP, I'll query my DB to try to determine whether valid traffic *ever* came from that IP. And, in general, blocking IP's is a last resort.
I've never blocked a range. There're better ways to prevent the stuff he's trying to prevent. He should have a firewall that's smart/configurable enough to detect and prevent that stuff at a granular level. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Robert Harrison <rob...@austin-williams.com>wrote: > > I have a host who, for the most part, I am satisfied with. However, he is > in the habit of blocking IP ranges for various reasons... DDOS attacks, > repeated port scans, etc. I've had complaints from some of my clients who > do international business that some people cannot access their sites other > parts of the world, like places in Asia, the Middle East, South and Central > America, etc. I'm not surprised at the complaints. > > Is this a normal practice, or is this host over-zealous? > > > > Robert Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > > Austin & Williams > Advertising I Branding I Digital I Direct > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 I Hauppauge, NY 11788 > T 631.231.6600 X 119 F 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Blog: http://www.austin-williams.com/blog > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/austin_ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350952 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
