On Thu, 15 May 2003 14:26:53 -0400, steven l. rubenstein rubenste@ohiou.edu gave utterance to the following:
64.163.22.53 has been vandalizing French Revolution. At what point should I block the user? I understand that this number IDs a computer, not a person, and non-vandals may use this computer. Can someone give me the basic policy?
A tool like samspade ( http://www.samspade.org ) can provide more data on which to base a decision: Performing an IP-block search on that IP results in:
Pac Bell Internet Services PBI-NET-8 (NET-64-160-0-0-1) 64.160.0.0 - 64.175.255.255 The Charter School of San Diego SBCIS-100920-135815 (NET-64-163-22-0-1) 64.163.22.0 - 64.163.22.255
In which case the chances of that 1 computer being one person's are slim. But it is highly likely that the computer has a permanent connection and will retain its IP. (Banning a dialup user is like catching water in a seive - they will be assigned a new IP every time they connect) In this case, a scenario of one or more kids thinking this is a cool trick seems likely, and a ban ought to be effective. If they are in a computer lab, we probably just need to watch the adjacent IP's.