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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

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597 points classichasclass | 3 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.263s | source
1. poisonborz ◴[25 Aug 25 09:57 UTC] No.45012135[source]▶
Naive question: why isn't there a publicly accessible central repository of bad IPs and domains, stewarded by the industry, operated by a nonprofit, like W3C? Yes it wouldn't be enough by itself ("bad" is a very subjective term) but it could be a popular well-maintained baseline.
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2. sim7c00 ◴[25 Aug 25 10:01 UTC] No.45012172[source]▶
there are many of these and they are always outdated

another issue is things like cloud hosting will overlap their ranges with legit business ranges happily, so if you go that route you will inadvertently also block legitimate things. not that a regular person care too much for that, but an abuse list should be accurate.

3. nubinetwork ◴[25 Aug 25 11:39 UTC] No.45012757[source]▶
https://xkcd.com/927/

For what it's worth, I'm also guilty of this, even if I made my site to replace one that died.