[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

Neil Harris usenet at tonal.clara.co.uk
Sat Jun 16 20:00:17 UTC 2007


MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> If it is against policy then why aren't we blocking those proxies?
> And if proxy editing is against policy we should block AOL too as it is
> basically an open proxy to with all the IP switching going on.
>
> I think blocking so many editors when their editing isn't necessarily
> problematic is a VERY bad idea.
>
> Mgm
>
>   

As I understand it, connections through AOL proxies that do not support 
X-Forwarded-For have been blocked for some time now.

-- Neil




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