Correct, blocking a IP block based on that malicious traffic comes from there might be a worthwhile strategy (although I'd argue that it's less important than p

Correct, blocking a IP block based on that malicious traffic comes from there might be a worthwhile strategy (although I'd argue that it's less important than properly configuring your stuff anyways, getting a new IP is trivial), and also a strategy which is different than what fuzzy2 was describing, which is what I was arguing against.