[WikiEN-l] proxy blocked

Fri Feb 18 14:11:44 UTC 2005

Jake Waskett (jake at waskett.org) [050219 01:03]:

> The NTL proxy server 62.252.192.12 is blocked again. Could someone unblock?
>  It says clearly on that IP's user page that it is a known proxy - why do 
> admins persist in blocking anyway?

Because what gets blocked is the username - the IP is then blocked next
time he tries logging in. This is effective against violators on fixed or
dialup IP numbers, but is not so good when the IP is a large ISP proxy. An
exceptions list may be useful for the blocking code ...

cc'd to wikitech-l - is this reasonably easy to implement? Anyone got any
time to do so?

- d.