[wellylug] Blocking bad IPs from server

[John Durham]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 18:59 +1300, John Durham wrote:
>   
>> That's an interesting concern. I can only tell you the command Andre 
>> gave me seemed to work. The server has been quiet since, but I have not 
>> noticed any performance effects. If you want to test it out from your 
>> end, try bringing up my website. Let me know what problems if any you have.
>>     
>
> problem: your site is not accessible at all from my system - my
> webbrowser is unable to connect at all. (I'm on a residential ihug ADSL
> line)
>
> I am able to ping it, so I would assume somehow you have blocked port 80
> traffic to my IP - or possibly to all IPs by mistake.
>
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Interesting- it might explain the current traffic levels. You are the 
first to report the problem, thanks, although I'm not sure how to 
unblock it.

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