@SpaceLifeForm
Do you not see that *Appears* is the keyword?
Do you not realize that I specifically added that word to give your argument the best possible benefit of the doubt? Even in the fantasy world where the average script kiddie could spoof IP addresses widely and with ease, there is still no rational reason to consequently allow all abusive incoming traffic.
Just keep blocking. It won't be long before your website gets no traffic.
If you think traffic from people trying to hack you is desirable, remind me to never hire you in any technical or non-technical capacity. The simple fact is I have had zero traffic of any kind coming from Iran that sought to benefit me in any way. China, also zero. Russia, go on and guess. It's not like my list of 50+ countries was chosen at random!
Look, if you're unhappy that you're in a range that has been blocked, simply give me your IP address and I can manually remove it from the firewall. It may get automatically re-added, of course, if abuse starts occurring again. The root solution in that case is for you to demand your ISP properly police their network. Anyone who sees that as too big of a burden is better off not being on the open Internet.
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