Re: Iptables blocking script

From: Colin McKinnon (colin.thisisnotmysurname_at_ntlworld.deletemeunlessURaBot.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:48:25 +0100

Jim spilled the following:

> "Tim Haynes" <usenet-20040625@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:86eko38jcx.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk...
>> "Jim" <jgrago@REMOVE-NOSPAM.twcny.rr.com> writes:
>>
>> I'm sure you can, but the question occurs to me, why do you need to block
>> IP#s in the first place? Would it not make more sense to block everyone
> and
>> only open what you need?
>>
>> ~Tim
>> --
>
>
> Hello, I have 500,000+ members and that is impossible. With more than 500+
> new customers a day I have to block those who are bad and allow those that
> are good. We deal alot with credit card fraud so we block those who
> attempt to fraud us.
>

So you only allow people whom have not been your members to defraud
you....interesting.

C.