Thanks, for pointing that out.  Looks like this site has policies that
are more automation friendly.

http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/



Sean

On 12/16/2011 07:26 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> 
> 
> Am Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:27:33 -0800 schrieb Sean Whitney:
> 
>  > I got tired of people from other countries trying to make an anonymous
>  > SIP call through my SIP box and other senseless attacks on Shorewall, so
>  > I wrote a script that added entire countries to the blacklist.  I don't
>  > know anybody in these countries so I wasn't worried about blocking
>  > access to anything from my home.  I can initiate connections out and
>  > complete them, it just drops connections originating from these ranges.
>  >  The script condenses IP scopes to limit the blacklist somewhat.  It's
>  > running very well right now on a box with 256M of memory.
> 
> 
> nice one, but have you read:
> 
> http://www.countryipblocks.net/information/policies-affecting-access-and-use-of-the-website-and-database/
> 
> some statements from this site:
> 
> * ... We also ask that you do not use automation,  ...
> * Automated access is strictly forbidden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Thomas
> 
> 
> 
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