[Info-vax] Anti-virus ?

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:00 +0000, bill wrote:
> > However, yes, there is a "defence" mechanism. If the system detects
> > a lot of "bad" traffic from an address, it will eventually get
> > blocked, and the block will only drop once there is no traffic from
> > that address  for a certain amount of time. And of course, if they
> > start abusing again, they will get blocked again.
> 
> Why would you ever unblock it?

Many people are on dynamic IPs. These can change often. So unblocking
after a set period lets legitimate visitors successfully access the
site.
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