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Network Aggregation Beta

January 2nd, 2012
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We are testing our latest IPv4 Network Aggregation scripts and would like to have your help.

The current beta scripts aggregate networks in IP Range and PG2 format and will be available for testing the next several days.

Both scripts allow you to select from a list of nearly 250 countries (also includes bogon IPs) and aggregate the result. In some cases aggregation can reduce the size of your ACLs by nearly 90%. As an example, as of 1/2/2012 there are 46,805 IPv4 networks in the USA and Canada. Aggregating these will consolidate the result to 4,767 networks.

Here are the locations of the beta versions:

PG2 Format: http://www.countryipblocks.net/country_pg2_aggregate.php

IP Range Format: http://www.countryipblocks.net/country_range_aggregate.php

These and other scripts will become available to our members in the near future.

Please do us a favor and test these scripts and let us know how well they perform. Post your thoughts on the message board or contact us at connecting@countryipblocks.net

Block Networks or IP Deny By Country IP Blocks

December 11th, 2011
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How to use Country IP Blocks

You can block the networks of any country on the planet. Whether you want to block China, block Russia, Block India or even United States networks, we have the solution.

Country IP Blocks provides you with the ability to block a country or countries from your network and websites. Whether you want to deny IPv4 addresses based on your incoming traffic or become proactive by limiting your internet traffic to specific countries we can help you. Here we will briefly describe our services and how to use them.

Country IP Blocks provides Access Control Lists for more than 240 countries and in nine different formats: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), Netmask, IP Range, .htaccess deny, .htaccess allow, Decimal/CIDR, Hex/CIDR, Cisco ACL, PeerGuardian2.

There are several ways to access our data.

On the right column of every page you see a section entitled Select Format. In this section you pick the format in which you would like to receive your data. Beneath this is a section called Select Countries. You can select one or more countries. To select a single country, find and click on the country you. To select more than one country press and hold down the CTRL key and then click on as many countries as you would like.

After making your format and country selections, press the Choose Countries button and your Access Control Lists will automatically generate for you. Your lists will be sorted by country and IP in ascending format.

You may also access country lists from the Country Blocks format pages:

CIDR http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/cidr/

Netmask http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/19-2/

IP Range http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/ip-range-format/

.htaccess allow http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/htaccess-allow-format/

.htaccess deny http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/htaccess-deny-format/

Hex/CIDR http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/hexcidr-format/

Decimal/CIDR http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/decimalcidr-format/

Cisco ACL http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/cisco-acl-format/

PeerGuardian2 http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/pg2-format/

We also offer automated access, though this will be replaced with other services in 2012.

Searchable

Our database is searchable. On the right column we have two search boxes you can use to enter IP addresses to find out where they are located: country, network and regional internet registry.

Proxies:

Country IP Blocks also partially maintains a proxy list by country. This can be found here: http://www.countryipblocks.net/proxies/

For Premium and Premium Plus members we will be offering additional tools, including custom ACL’s, aggregated ip ranges by country, continent and regional internet registry. You will be able to select your list through control panel access and we will dynamically create your ACL’s daily. You will then be able to access these lists through your control panel or dynamic URL.

If you use Country IP Blocks please consider linking to our website.

Don’t Let The Grinch Steal Your Christmas

December 9th, 2011
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Tis the Season…to be wary. With the holiday season upon us, expect an increase in SPAM, especially malicious payload SPAM claiming to be from UPS, FedEx, USPS, Amazon or other shipping or shopping outlets.

Spammers are becoming more sophisticated at using social engineering techniques in their emails. These techniques are designed to get you to open an email and then click on the links or open attachments that leave you vulnerable to infection from Trojans, viruses, worms and rootkits.

Let’s take a look at a malicious email, appearing to come from Amazon.com, but not, and the techniques used by the Grinch (criminal cyber gangs) to make you vulnerable to attack. I have removed the original malicious links.

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