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Offline Matthew

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Good news - wrongly imprisoned have been released
« on: April 16, 2021, 07:40:54 PM »
I improved the script I used to identify malicious visitors to my webserver.

I now incorporate a WHITELIST: IP addresses from all past CathInfo posts. If an IP address was used to make a post on CathInfo (each post has an IP address that it came from), it is exempt from any future blocking. 

This should put an end to false-positives affecting CathInfo members. 

The theory is that malicious attackers aren't CI members in good standing, so they can't create posts. Ergo, they'll never get on the whitelist.
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Offline Ascetik

Re: Good news - wrongly imprisoned have been released
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2021, 07:50:53 PM »
What about existing accounts that switch between different VPN nodes?
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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: Good news - wrongly imprisoned have been released
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2021, 08:00:27 PM »
I’m not quite sure what you mean, Matthew. Can you explain it in a different way to a non-tech guy like me?
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Good news - wrongly imprisoned have been released
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2021, 08:44:09 PM »
Every time you post, your CURRENT Internet address is stamped on that post. Some people have an IP that very much changes (dynamic IP, and/or they use a VPN). Others have a static IP that never changes.
Either way, all CathInfo posts are now considered and all IP addresses collected, so that ANY of these addresses won't get "caught in the net" by mistake.

While fishing for tuna (malicious attackers), I unfortunately caught quite a few dolphins (legit CathInfo members) in my net.

My net now knows how to identify a CathInfo member, basically. I found a good way to do it.
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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: Good news - wrongly imprisoned have been released
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2021, 09:45:37 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on April 16, 2021, 08:44:09 PM
Every time you post, your CURRENT Internet address is stamped on that post. Some people have an IP that very much changes (dynamic IP, and/or they use a VPN). Others have a static IP that never changes.
Either way, all CathInfo posts are now considered and all IP addresses collected, so that ANY of these addresses won't get "caught in the net" by mistake.

While fishing for tuna (malicious attackers), I unfortunately caught quite a few dolphins (legit CathInfo members) in my net.

My net now knows how to identify a CathInfo member, basically. I found a good way to do it.
Great, will this help you identify Croix too?
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