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.
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-george william herbert
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