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faangguyindiatoday at 4:39 AM2 repliesview on HN

I maintain a list of

"23034 IPs to blocklist.txt"

blocked IPs they contain all VPN providers. Often VPN providers seed Geofeeds with wrong data, this is why i use traceroute and ping network to locate their real location.


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BLKNSLVRtoday at 4:46 AM

I have a script that logs IPs for any traffic coming in to my servers on ports that don't accept traffic. I then block those IPs from accessing ports behind which there are services.

If they're checking my locked doors, I don't want them coming in my unlocked doors.

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marcus_holmestoday at 4:49 AM

You know that people use VPNs for perfectly legitimate reasons, right?

Like when I was travelling, sites would routinely use the language of my IP address location, not the language preference as I set it in my browser. So I would be served a site that I couldn't read. My only option was to use a VPN to spoof my location so that it would serve me a site in a language I understand.

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