[pmwiki-users] blocklist question - ip addresses

adam overton a at plus1plus1plus.org
Fri Apr 9 13:11:05 CDT 2010


ahhh
thanks so much for confirming this, dave. much appreciated!



On 9 Apr 2010, at 11:01 AM, DaveG wrote:

> > hrm. if block: is indeed correct for ip addresses, then i might  
> try changing the description on http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/ 
> Blocklist
> > which almost makes it sound like any IP address on one's  
> blocklist page will be blocked. i'll make it more explicit if  
> indeed this is the case.
> I just tested, and contrary to my prior post apparently you do not  
> need the block:. Seems a little odd to me, but there you go.
> > as for the wild card, if indeed it works, then why would a post  
> from 194.44.171.14 be able to be posted if i had block:194.44.*
> > listed on my blocklist page? i just have a feeling that maybe  
> something is a little off there...
> Well, I'd always thought you could block 194.44.171.14 with a block: 
> 194.44.*, but I just tested, and it seems that you cannot do this.  
> 194.44.171.* blocks fine. 194.44.* does not block, nor does  
> 194.44.*.*.
> Checking the source supports this. Only trailing wildcards are  
> blocked, and no block: is required for IP style addresses.
>
>  ~ ~ Dave
>
>
> On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:16:00 -0700, adam overton  
> <a at plus1plus1plus.org> wrote:
>
> hey there dave
> thanks
> hrm. if block: is indeed correct for ip addresses, then i might try  
> changing the description on http://pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Blocklist  
> which almost makes it sound like any IP address on one's blocklist  
> page will be blocked. i'll make it more explicit if indeed this is  
> the case.
> as for the wild card, if indeed it works, then why would a post  
> from 194.44.171.14 be able to be posted if i had block:194.44.*  
> listed on my blocklist page? i just have a feeling that maybe  
> something is a little off there...
> thanks again!
> a
>
>
> On 8 Apr 2010, at 7:22 AM, DaveG wrote:
>
> The block: format is correct, and wild cards * are accepted.
> "adam overton" <a at plus1plus1plus.org> wrote:
> hi
> a quick question about blocklist and spam
> in order to block ip addresses, is the format:
> block:194.44.171.14
> or is it it simply
> 194.44.171.14
> ?
> i've been doing it with the block:ip.add.res.s and i'm not sure if
> it's working correctly
> plus, does it only work if the ip address is in the form of
> a.b.c.d or a.b.c.*
> or is it also supposed to work if you only do
> a.b.*
> i've been doing this:
> block:194.44.*
> ... and i'm still getting spam from various 194.44... ip's.
> thanks for the advice
> adam
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>
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