9 Jan
2019
9 Jan
'19
11:19 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Jay West via
cctalk
Sent: 09 January 2019 12:53
To: 'John Foust' <jfoust at threedee.com>; 'General Discussion:
On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts' <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: OT RE: Bogus "account hacked" message
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John
Foust
via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 6:33 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bogus "account hacked" message
At 08:56 PM 1/8/2019, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
I was going to say that permanent blocks on IP addresses seems fruitless.
I assume that BotNets are compromised end user machines, and that the end
users that have them are on standard dynamic IP address, so when some one
gets one of your blocked addresses.....
Dave
I currently have 9000-some blocked IPs in
hosts.deny, I wonder how much
that slows down my store. Ugh, the stuff we are
forced to go through.
Now you've increased your chances by 9000x that someday someone will
complain that they can't reach your site. You said "botnet" right?
- John