You do realize that the post you replied to is 6 months old, right?
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: > > 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:353042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
