htaccess Puts Brakes on Israeli Spammer
For several months now, this humble little blog has been the target of a massive spam attack. We’re talking 40-100 fake comments every single day from what is clearly the same spambot. After tracing it back to an Israeli communications company, I did the natural thing and contacted them with the offending IP addresses and a very polite request for action. Two weeks later, with no reply, I gave up on the system working the way it should and took things into my own hand.
Order Allow Deny
deny from 82.166.49
deny from 84.54.244.243
allow from all
A wildcard blocks the bulk of the spam and specific IPs clean up the rest. Since I put this up, my inbox is finally free from moderation requests for potential spam.
(Yes, I know this was a half-assed post, but I’m tired :P)
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Something really simple, yet so effective.
Nice one!