On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Raymond Lillard rlillard@sonic.net wrote:
Matt,
I've no idea where on planet Earth you are located, but if you think firewalling any block of addresses is good policy for your site, that is your prerogative.
I am aware of several small companies whose business interests are confined to with in a few hours driving distance from their offices. Accepting traffic only from ARIN, blocking all others reduced spam and various other misbehaviors by more than 50%.
These businesses have computing facilities for the operation of the business and not for entertainment of its employees. Address blocking and clear acceptable use policies have greatly reduced IT administration costs for these companies.
Go to IANA for the list of class A address allocations.
Thanks Ray.
We are an Australian company and we only ship to within Australia so it's highly suspicious that someone from Africa would be ordering from our online store.