[Foundation-l] Blocking on Japan

[Brion Vibber]

Tietew wrote:
> In past, most of wikimedia projects had blocked open proxies
> automatically using MediaWiki feature.
> cf. [[User:Proxy blocker]]
>
> I don't know why and when the feature is disabled. Could anyone
> explain or show a pointer for discussion about it?

When we do port scans on thousands of hosts a day, other peoples'
internet providers complain to our hosting provider, and we risk being
shut down.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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