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

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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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Etheryte ◴[25 Aug 25 05:39 UTC] No.45010574[source]▶
One starts to wonder, at what point might it be actually feasible to do it the other way around, by whitelisting IP ranges. I could see this happening as a community effort, similar to adblocker list curation etc.
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ygritte ◴[25 Aug 25 05:45 UTC] No.45010604[source]▶
Came here to say something similar. The sheer amount of IP addresses one has to block to keep malware and bots at bay is becoming unmanageable.
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1. leviathant ◴[26 Aug 25 23:11 UTC] No.45033467[source]▶
Knowing my audience, I've blocked entire countries to stop the pain. Even that was a bit of whack-a-mole. Blocking China cooled off the traffic for a few days, then it came roaring back via Singapore. Blocked Singapore, had a reprieve for a while, and then it was India, with a vengeance.

Cloudflare has been a godsend for protecting my crusty old forum from this malicious, wasteful behavior.