[WikiEN-l] Blocks on the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabian proxies

[David Gerard]

The UAE and SA each run the whole country's internet access through
small proxy subnets. However, the proxies appear to be open, at least
a bit, in places. Do we risk blocking the whole damn countries?

Is it worth excluding them from IP blocks when a name is blocked? (Is
this another instance of bug 550?)


- d.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
Date: Aug 15, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail
To: -----


I think what happened was that I blocked someone else (Boothy443 I
think) who had been using the IP, and so the IP was blocked as well
for a while. If it's clear now then good!

But if the Emirates proxy is blocked again, please do let the blocking
admin know, with the listed blocked name - that's how the admin can
work out which block it is and jnblock it.


- d.



On 8/15/05, ----- wrote:
> yes, but now its unblocked, so i cant remember.
>
> this is -----, this is just my backup mailbox cos i cant
> access my main one at the moment.
>
> On 8/15/05, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can't actually find a block on that IP or range. Did the message say
> > which username was blocked?
> >
> >
> > - d.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/15/05, ----- wrote:
> > >
> > > "Your IP address is 213.42.2.11. Please include this address, along with your username, in any queries you make"
> > >
> > > this IP address that you have blocked is the proxy that allows access for an entire country, the united arab emirates, by blocking this, thousands will be effected
> > >
> > >
> >
>