On 12/7/06, Ilmari Karonen nospam@vyznev.net wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
This seems like we should automate something; either a netblock minus exceptions interface tool to autogen the CIDR blocks from a top range
plus
some exceptions, or adding in an explicit "unblock this IP" override and have any CIDR block range lookup check the unblock override before
returning
blocked or not.
As I understand it (and _please_ correct me if I'm wrong), single-IP blocks currently override range blocks (and autoblocks). Thus, as a partial workaround, we could place an anon-only block (with account creation permitted) on the specific IP, allowing logged-in users to edit from it.
Ideally, there should perhaps be some way to place a "null block" that would do nothing except override less specific blocks. But in practice, the workaround using an anon-only block seems almost as good to me.
The block message should, of course, say something like "please log in to edit from this IP address".
Ok. That makes sense; can someone confirm that's the behavior?
It will probably save some time and sanity on the unblock-en-l members...
Thanks.