Northy
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| posted on 13/5/05 at 08:07 PM |
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IP blacklisted!
I just went on the ITV-f1 website, and clicked a link to another part of the site and it said: "IP xxxxxxxx blacklisted". WTF does that
mean then?
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/5/05 at 09:21 PM |
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I got that some time ago and I think it was due to someone using the IP's mail provider for spamming.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 13/5/05 at 10:42 PM |
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Unless you have a fixed IP address, its not a problem.
Usually when you dial in or connect up, you are allocated an address. when they are Dynamically allocated, you get a different one almost every time.
hence if someone has been a bad boy, you may see these messages.
Consider an ISP with 2 million customers, but who only have 200,000 on line at anyone time, ie people at work, school etc are not at home and using
their PCs etc.
Why (form the ISP's point) would you need to buy 2 million IP addresses, when you only need 200,000, despite having 2 million customers. You
dish them out as your customers log in, and re-use them agin for the next customer loggin in.
Unless you are running a Website, or mail server or a Domain you dont really need a fixed address.
This is mainly the reasons behind it all.
Some pratt is a naughty boy, the IP address gets black listed, then he logs off, you log on, and get allocated his old address, and pick up the
blacklisting when you try to access the same site etc. Its not your fault, and you can easily prove it wasnt you, as the IP address was banned say at
10:00, but you didnt log in and get it allocated to you until 10:30..
It shouldnt be a major problem..
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Northy
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| posted on 14/5/05 at 07:57 AM |
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Cheers guys,
I've just tried again, and it came up with the same thing!  
Are you still allocated a different IP everytime with Broadbean? I'm with Virgin.
Cheers
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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ned
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| posted on 14/5/05 at 09:18 AM |
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some broadband providers will issue a static IP address, normally you'd have been asked if you wanted this when you signed up with your isp.
It is quite possible that the entire isp's ip range (or several subnets /class d networks etc)has been blocked en mass by this website if one of
their registered addresses has been relaying spam etc..
maybe worth giving the isp a call to check this?
Ned.
[Edited on 14/5/05 by ned]
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