[Wikipedia-l] Re: Info on SORBS, blocking of open proxies

[Kat Walsh]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:21:13 +0200, Elisabeth Bauer <elian at djini.de> 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:
> (...)

Not that efforts to stop vandalism aren't needed, but it might be more difficult than that for legitimate users to get around. 

I would have been blocked by this a few months ago myself -- the IP address I had was listed in SORBS for something a previous customer of my ISP had set up. SORBS ignored the request for a retest since I am not the administrative contact, and the ISP ignored complaints as there *was* no open relay, and they don't consider it their concern what customers run on their own systems anyhow.

After a service outage our IP changed or I'd still be blocked at the moment. Fortunately I wasn't blocked from anything I particularly cared about, but I would be upset if I could not edit Wikipedia. (No comments about withdrawal symptoms, now...)

I see at least one active editor has been affected; is there any workaround for logged-in users who would otherwise remain blocked?

-Kat
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