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I would say it is less likely that VPS providers are intentionally giving out blacklisted IPs and more likely that VPS customers are getting their providers IPs
by 22c 6y ago
I would say it is less likely that VPS providers are intentionally giving out blacklisted IPs and more likely that VPS customers are getting their providers IPs blacklisted.
Perhaps VPS providers should consider putting some of their customers in the "naughty corner" and keeping separate IP ranges for customers that do not have a history of abuse.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> keeping separate IP ranges for customers that do not have a history of abuse. To avoid the “good” ip ranges getting banned, they need to keep a separate IP range for customers without a future of abuse; history is not reliable for the purpose. This is somewhat more challenging.
- toast0 6y agoAlso the provider needs to develop a history of responding appropriately to reports of abuse. (And the abuse needs to be reportable... When I was in the business of blocking IPs, most of the stuff wasn't really reportable, we'd just add ASNs for hosting to our suspicious list when abusers started using them)