Re: Favorite way to ban an IP from your webserver?

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Dec 11, 2007 1:53 PM, Padraig <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> On Dec 11, 2007 1:34 PM, Matt Shields <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> > I find it strangely funny how "newbies" refuse to take advice from old 
> > timers about best practices, after all we've gone through all the 
> > trials and tribulations.  We've learned our lessons.  Something bad is 
> > going to happen and the only thing I will say to you is "I told you 
> > so".  There's just something about humans that have to learn the hard 
> > way.  I'm telling you, do not blindly trust people.  Ask your 
> > question, then take the answers and figure out for yourself what they 
> > are doing before blindly running them. 
> > 
> 
> By the way.  What does your rant have to do with the simple concept of 
> asking someone not to post malicious commands into a mailing list?  Are you 
> saying it's OK to do that? 
> 
> Your red herring argument that you shouldn't trust people on the internet 
> isn't related in any way to what people are trying to say. 
> 
> From what I can gather, it appears you're refusing to take advice from an 
> old timer that asked someone not to post malicious commands. 
>