Walter van Kalken said:
Elisabeth Bauer wrote:
Hello,
Since yesterday the blocklist of SORBS is used on the wikimedia servers to block open proxies.
If someone is having troubles to edit now, here are the steps he can do to solve the problem:
- he first has to determine the IP address wikipedia is blocking,
that's not too hard, it's on the blocking page
- then he has to get someone on another computer to check if it's an
open proxy. the procedure is described here: http://www.sorbs.net/faq/proxy.shtml
- if it is, then he should complain to whoever controls the server to
fix the configuration
- if not, he should request a retest
(http://www.sorbs.net/faq/retest.shtml) to be taken out of the list. the status of the proxy might have changed since it was last scanned.
So we have to go to another project to get unblocked on wikipedia. This is unbelievable and sickening
Why do you find this sickening? This is the internet. The SORBS identifies open http proxies, which are usually *not* open through any choice of the owner, but because the owner has not made them secure. Using SORBS protects Wikipedia from the negligence of your ISP.