[Info-vax] Anti-virus ?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-08-15 10:12, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
> 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.

Indeed!

And which is why I also don't care for these "central" 
whitelists/blacklists or similar solutions. It's an ever changing world, 
and the systems need to adapt dynamically at any moment in time.

Lists created by someone somewhere is basically too slow, too late, and 
usually hurts the wrong people.
(Yes, they catch some bad guys as well, but I do not think a 
sledgehammer approach is the correct one when a tap will suffice...)

   Johnny