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I ban IPs from small data centers all the time. For my purposes there is no need to support traffic from small hosting providers that are everywhere all over th
by annoyingnoob 4y ago
I ban IPs from small data centers all the time. For my purposes there is no need to support traffic from small hosting providers that are everywhere all over the world. I do not tend to ban the IPs of commercial ISPs that provide service to end users.
- rndgermandude 4y agoYou will probably ban a lot of VPN users as collateral damage. VPN providers often use these small and relatively cheap providers for their endpoints. You may be fine with banning those VPN users, or even want that - lots of bots will try to hide behind "legitimate" VPNs - but one has to be aware of this consequence at least, especially considering that more and more people seem to use them - probably also thanks to the aggressive "sponsoring" certain providers such as ExpressVPN do on e.g. a wide variety youtube videos.
- annoyingnoob 4y agoIt depends on what you are trying to protect I suppose. Banning OVH IPs (and others) cleared up a lot of issues for me. I don't miss them, but sure you might.