Comments on: About http://www.countryipblocks.net Security Solutions With Searchable IP Block Database Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shawn Welch http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 Shawn Welch Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:16 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-1114 <a href="#comment-967" rel="nofollow">@Stewart White</a> Stewart, great site! I love it and use it all of the time. Two really good ideas I have... First: When selecting from that list. I always have to hold down Ctrl and scroll through all of the countries and click each one. Sometimes I let go of Ctrl and I have to start clicking all over again. Would be cool if there was a side by side selection. Where the select window was on one side and you can select one and click a button and it would copy that single selection to another select window. So you can like build your list that way. Second: When clicking the button to process the country list, if there are a ton of entries, it takes forever for all that info to load in the browser and literally slows down my beefy computer to copy and paste that whole window into textpad. Because when I select my countries there are over 10,000 CIDR entries (lines). So, instead of opening another window and listing all of the entries, just have it open a pre-processed txt file so I can save it to my desktop. Thanks again, Shawn @Stewart White
Stewart, great site! I love it and use it all of the time.

Two really good ideas I have…

First: When selecting from that list. I always have to hold down Ctrl and scroll through all of the countries and click each one. Sometimes I let go of Ctrl and I have to start clicking all over again. Would be cool if there was a side by side selection. Where the select window was on one side and you can select one and click a button and it would copy that single selection to another select window. So you can like build your list that way.

Second: When clicking the button to process the country list, if there are a ton of entries, it takes forever for all that info to load in the browser and literally slows down my beefy computer to copy and paste that whole window into textpad. Because when I select my countries there are over 10,000 CIDR entries (lines). So, instead of opening another window and listing all of the entries, just have it open a pre-processed txt file so I can save it to my desktop.

Thanks again,

Shawn

]]> By: Stewart White http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Stewart White Fri, 28 May 2010 15:44:52 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-967 Thank you for the kind comments. We are always open to ideas. If you have some please let us know. Thank you for the kind comments. We are always open to ideas. If you have some please let us know.

]]> By: Julio http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Julio Fri, 28 May 2010 10:28:46 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-965 Your website is awesome! Let the public know if there is any funding option needed! Ready to collab! Cheers from Ireland Your website is awesome! Let the public know if there is any funding option needed!

Ready to collab!

Cheers from Ireland

]]> By: Stewart White http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Stewart White Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:03:49 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-811 We are currently contemplating a module to allow remote access to our database. If we proceed with this project it would enable valid users to have read only access to specific tables in the database. We would consider supporting a Joomla Admin component to process and use our data. We are currently contemplating a module to allow remote access to our database. If we proceed with this project it would enable valid users to have read only access to specific tables in the database.

We would consider supporting a Joomla Admin component to process and use our data.

]]> By: Graywlf http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Graywlf Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:07:50 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-810 I am working on a new !joomla Website and I came across your site while researching the security checklist. I think that this one of the best resources I have found so far for blocking I.P addresses. This brings me to 2 questions.... Do you provide access to your IP data in a remotely accessible format (IE can I link to your table data for importing updates to my .htaccess files) and 2. would you consider supporting a !Joomla Admin component that would allow potential customers/ site traffic to rely on your database as a resource for providing IP blocking security to their sites? Just a thought... I am working on a new !joomla Website and I came across your site while researching the security checklist. I think that this one of the best resources I have found so far for blocking I.P addresses.

This brings me to 2 questions….
Do you provide access to your IP data in a remotely accessible format (IE can I link to your table data for importing updates to my .htaccess files) and 2. would you consider supporting a !Joomla Admin component that would allow potential customers/ site traffic to rely on your database as a resource for providing IP blocking security to their sites? Just a thought…

]]> By: Stewart White http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Stewart White Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:09:10 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-808 We have sent you an email in response to your post. We have sent you an email in response to your post.

]]> By: Stewart White http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Stewart White Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:02:55 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-807 While it is not our desire to enter into a geopolitical debate about the current names or designations of specific countries, we will take your request under advisement. While it is not our desire to enter into a geopolitical debate about the current names or designations of specific countries, we will take your request under advisement.

]]> By: Bob http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Bob Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:04:44 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-797 Can you rename my country as Taiwan, not "Taiwan, Province of China"? All people on earth know Taiwan is not part of China, except China communist government. Can you rename my country as Taiwan, not “Taiwan, Province of China”? All people on earth know Taiwan is not part of China, except China communist government.

]]> By: Emile http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Emile Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:23:06 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-790 Thanks for this service. I couldn't find an email address anywhere on your website, in case I'd want to start a conversation about reusing the data that you have in a service. You have my email address now (had to put it in to be able to post), so please contact me :) Thanks for this service.

I couldn’t find an email address anywhere on your website, in case I’d want to start a conversation about reusing the data that you have in a service.

You have my email address now (had to put it in to be able to post), so please contact me :)

]]> By: Dana http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Dana Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:25 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-747 Thanks for the great recourse, it is a valuable tool for spam reduction/hacking attempts. It would be nice to have the option to block by continent. Keep up the great work! Thanks for the great recourse, it is a valuable tool for spam reduction/hacking attempts. It would be nice to have the option to block by continent. Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Ken Athas http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Ken Athas Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:38 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-726 Hi, This is a great reference. I though am not so script savvy and wondered if you can help with something. I currently am using .htaccess to use your blocks and I do use that same file for other things in my site. I don't like to play with a file like that too frequently. I use cPanel and wondered if all that you have talked about here has anything in reference to automatically updating IP Blocks. Also, in my admin part of my site I have the ability to block IPs as well. I wondered if one of your files I can simply import to the php database for example. Thank you for such a great site and reference. Ken Hi, This is a great reference. I though am not so script savvy and wondered if you can help with something. I currently am using .htaccess to use your blocks and I do use that same file for other things in my site. I don’t like to play with a file like that too frequently. I use cPanel and wondered if all that you have talked about here has anything in reference to automatically updating IP Blocks. Also, in my admin part of my site I have the ability to block IPs as well. I wondered if one of your files I can simply import to the php database for example.

Thank you for such a great site and reference.

Ken

]]> By: Stewart White http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Stewart White Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:54:16 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-608 When you block an country you are blocking traffic from IP ranges assigned or allocated to that country. This will include bots emanating from within those addresses. Google does utilize bots within a variety of countries. However, Google does not publish the IP addresses of these bots. We recommend you monitor your bot traffic and then Verify Googlebot using the instructions located at <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80553" rel="nofollow">Google Webmaster Central</a>. When you block an country you are blocking traffic from IP ranges assigned or allocated to that country. This will include bots emanating from within those addresses. Google does utilize bots within a variety of countries. However, Google does not publish the IP addresses of these bots.

We recommend you monitor your bot traffic and then Verify Googlebot using the instructions located at Google Webmaster Central.

]]> By: Reme http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Reme Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:42 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-605 I cant seem to find an actual answer to this thought google, my sites country specific so i used the allow script to only allow the ip ranges within my country as my site serves absolutely no purpose to anyone in any other country. By using this allow/block method/s does that also mean that if America is blocked am i then effectively blocking all American search engines like google and yahoo or do they fall outside the provided range and if not could you perhaps point me in the direction of blocking countries but allowing specific bots. Thanks I cant seem to find an actual answer to this thought google, my sites country specific so i used the allow script to only allow the ip ranges within my country as my site serves absolutely no purpose to anyone in any other country.

By using this allow/block method/s does that also mean that if America is blocked am i then effectively blocking all American search engines like google and yahoo or do they fall outside the provided range and if not could you perhaps point me in the direction of blocking countries but allowing specific bots.

Thanks

]]> By: Agreed.. http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Agreed.. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:21:20 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-598 I agree with the iptables list. I ultimately just use your lists (with a little bit of doctoring via vi) to just flat out deny postfix connections. Works well. iptables -I input -s subnet/cidr -j DROP # Country name i.e. china would really be quite wonderful. I agree with the iptables list. I ultimately just use your lists (with a little bit of doctoring via vi) to just flat out deny postfix connections. Works well.

iptables -I input -s subnet/cidr -j DROP # Country name i.e. china

would really be quite wonderful.

]]> By: Chris http://www.countryipblocks.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Chris Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:25:21 +0000 http://www.countryipblocks.net/?page_id=2#comment-553 Thank you for making this website, I had thought we needed a site like this before. I personally am a big fan of banning whole countries, and do it on a lot of my sites or servers where I am, quite frankly, not the least bit interested in serving russian customers, or whatever. For sites that are only meant for a single country, or say, english speaking westerners, banning the notorious countries (russia, india, north korea, all of africa, etc) reduces almost all your spam. Thank you for making this website, I had thought we needed a site like this before. I personally am a big fan of banning whole countries, and do it on a lot of my sites or servers where I am, quite frankly, not the least bit interested in serving russian customers, or whatever. For sites that are only meant for a single country, or say, english speaking westerners, banning the notorious countries (russia, india, north korea, all of africa, etc) reduces almost all your spam.

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