I have found it effective to block troublesome IPs for some length of time, usually an hour to a day does it.
This was my security policy as an IT Manager and it is working fine on my dedicated server. Hope this helps! -----Original Message----- From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] Sent: 02 May 2012 13:51 To: cf-talk Subject: (ot) Blocking IPs 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:353041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
