IP Blocked by Admin?

[tmst08]

It has come to my attention that my IP address may have been blocked, without warning or any notification, by the manager of this website. I am now able access the site only due to my having reset my IP address.

I haven't originated any attacks on the site, nor tried to compromise security in any way or done anything else of a malicious nature. All I have done is use the site as anyone is allowed and, I believed until today, encouraged to do.

Please accept my apology, Marsh, if I am incorrect in coming to this conclusion. I feel it is my duty, however, to notify the users of this board that there is a distinct possibility of their access being arbitrarily blocked without notice or good reason. I guess it kind of goes back to my earlier advisory that the members of this group should in principle insist that its materials, backups, etc., be placed in the public domain.

Again, Marsh, if I am somehow wrong about the IP blocking, please accept my sincere apology for any accusation implied herein.

-Tom

[Marsh White]

Tom,

We have blocked 5 spammers.  We have also blocked their IPs.  These are the blocked IPs:

212.38.100.62
91.76.153.83
91.76.153.141
94.125.179.5
94.125.179.5

Unless one of these IP's is yours, you are gravely mistaken.

Your duty to let people know that we can block anyone at any time?  Yes Tom, we can do that.  If someone is a spammer I will do that without notice.  But not without good reason.  Put your tinfoil hat back on.  I think there is some other reason you were having trouble accessing this board...we have not banned you.

[tmst08]

Marsh,

Well, the tinfoil hat needs to go in for repairs due to decay related to massive bombardment from cellphone tower HARPP ULF transmissions. Wearing it shields me from the transmissions for making one a docile member of the collective (buyyyy, sleeeeep, eeeeat, confoooorm).

Hence, this is not simply paranoia, I'm afraid 

-Tom
76.blah.blah.blah

[racerman_27410]

It has come to my attention that my IP address may have been blocked, without warning or any notification, by the manager of this website. I am now able access the site only due to my having reset my IP address.


-Tom

resetting your IP address has absolutely nothing to do with this website.....when i reset mine it comes up exactly the same as my IP always is....... sounds like a router problem to me..... just a little paranoid aint ya?

everybody out to get you and shit?

take a pill and chill dude.

[rktmanfj]

It has come to my attention that my IP address may have been blocked, without warning or any notification, by the manager of this website. I am now able access the site only due to my having reset my IP address.


-Tom

resetting your IP address has absolutely nothing to do with this website.....when i reset mine it comes up exactly the same as my IP always is....... sounds like a router problem to me..... just a little paranoid aint ya?

everybody out to get you and shit?

take a pill and chill dude.

Yeah, it ain't everybody...   

Randy T
Indy

[gradice]

Hey Tom,

Check your system, I was getting blocked from a number of sites & it was due to a Malware bug (A360)

[Klavdy]

Tom,

We have blocked 5 spammers.  We have also blocked their IPs.  These are the blocked IPs:

212.38.100.62
91.76.153.83
91.76.153.141
94.125.179.5
94.125.179.5

Unless one of these IP's is yours, you are gravely mistaken.



Your duty to let people know that we can block anyone at any time?  Yes Tom, we can do that.  If someone is a spammer I will do that without notice.  But not without good reason.  Put your tinfoil hat back on.  I think there is some other reason you were having trouble accessing this board...we have not banned you.

Yeah?


Like you'd know.


What, do you reckon it's your site or something?
Bloody Seppo.

[rlucas]

It has come to my attention that my IP address may have been blocked, without warning or any notification, by the manager of this website. I am now able access the site only due to my having reset my IP address.


-Tom

resetting your IP address has absolutely nothing to do with this website.....when i reset mine it comes up exactly the same as my IP always is....... sounds like a router problem to me..... just a little paranoid aint ya?

everybody out to get you and shit?

take a pill and chill dude.

Frank,

Maybe not. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol addressing) grants you a "lease" on an internet numeric address, for a pre-set amount of time, totally configurable by the All-Powerful Network Admin (in my case...me, motherfucker.) At least for *my* network. Might be moments; might be weeks. Log in today, get the same address; log in tomorrow, get a different one. Kinda goes like this:

Your PC: "Hello? Is there anyone I can get an address from?"
Server: "Hi,sailor."
Your PC: "Gimme"
Server: "Heeeeee're ya go. For a limited time."

Your ISP apparently has a longer-than normal lease...most ISPs expire the address upon termination of connection. You'll get a different address every time. Unless you're behind an internal router. Then it's probably always gonna be 192.168.x.x. Private address; can't be reached from outside. Certain IP "ranges" can't be publicly reached...192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x. Useful for internal networking.

The whole idea behind this is that each individual computer doesn't need a permanent numeric connection, i.e., http://frankmoore.heatingandcoolingwithahandgunandreallykickassFJ.com = 130.129.27.240.

I made that up; don't try connecting.

Yeah, I'm a geek.

Rossi

[Dan Filetti]

Damn Rossi-

You ARE a geek!  Gotta propeller hat and a pocket protector do ya?

Dan

[Ned]

As Rossi says

True generally 'cept of course if your ISP issues static IP addresses like many that provide ADSL or if you're on any sort of corporate network sitting behind a proxy server of some sort and then the outside world only ever sees it's external IP address not your PC's. If you're running through an ADSL modem etc it has an IP address on the external network (the internet) and your PC can be anything you like but is normally in one of the reserved ranges like 192.168.xxx.xxx

Ned

Don't yer just luv this geeky stuff...

[rlucas]

Damn Rossi-

You ARE a geek!  Gotta propeller hat and a pocket protector do ya?

Dan

No, but I am oddly fond of lime-green short-sleeved shirts.

I'm a geek, but I also have a fairly good ability to explain technical shit in layman's terms...it's kinda what's kept me employed; that and my inate inability to tell someone to piss off. The big issue today? Town hall meeting. The Prez: "Last time, the microphone was kinda crackly...could you check that?" Sure. You pay me 85 grand a year as a network engineer but you want me to fuck with a nine-volt wireless microphone THAT YOU WALK AROUND HOLDING IN YOUR HAND ANYWAY, and you wonder why we don't make any money. I'll just drop that major re-wiring project and get right on it.

Ned's also right...if you're behind an ADSL or cable modem,or running through a router (or, possibly, both...like me), you'll have a static IP address on the outside interface and probably a dynamic address on the inside (computer) interface. The only one that could get blocked is the *outside* address...which most people wouldn't even know.