On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 15:59, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
Advantages:
* Stops the vandal cold.
* Avoids revealing IP addresses.
Disadvantages:
* Like all banning mechanisms, it could be abused.
* If the IP is shared by "innocent" parties, they also get blocked.
I've long thought this was a reasonable idea.
There would need to be a mechanism that allows someone with a blocked IP
to raise attention to that fact.