.ru .cn are currently banned for security reasons from webmasterworld.
moneymancn
11:23 pm on Feb 5, 2005 (gmt 0)
Bush paranoia campaign seems too be working! Perhaps the WW patriot Act next! MM
pendanticist
11:41 pm on Feb 5, 2005 (gmt 0)
I tend to think the only reason Brett has for banning those are due to some problems the boards are having and nothing to do with politics.
Brett_Tabke
11:53 pm on Feb 5, 2005 (gmt 0)
it is temporary - but there is no other way that I know of to stop the problems being caused at this time.
moneymancn
12:11 am on Feb 6, 2005 (gmt 0)
Thanks for your explanation,Brett. Not meant to be political just observation seen from living outside the US
MM
dvduval
12:14 am on Feb 6, 2005 (gmt 0)
any relationship with the phpbb hack?
Brett_Tabke
1:29 pm on Feb 6, 2005 (gmt 0)
no dvduval
mike3k
2:16 am on Feb 7, 2005 (gmt 0)
I've been having a huge comment spam problem recently, which I usually deal with by blocking entire IP address blocks. I'm now blocking all users in China & India, since I've never seen a legitimate user from either country and that's where 90% of my spam comes from.
moltar
2:27 am on Feb 7, 2005 (gmt 0)
Did you block access to the forum from IPs that resolve to those cTLDs or just emails during registration?