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On 9/20/2022 10:45 AM, Avamander wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Great to hear it works for you, but the potential
unfortunate collateral from such a blanket action is not really
RIPE Atlas' problem. There are more fine-grained methods against
bruteforce attempts and open relay probes, than triggering on a
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What _objective_ risk/benefit analysis are you basing your opinions
upon? Are you a systems administrator? My responsibility is to avoid
unnecessary costs incurred from disruption of service, excessive
traffic, annoyances using up *my* time, and countless other
reasonable rationale from *my* point of view. <br>
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You suggest that it is "not really RIPE Atlas' problem". That's very
true. And it is not really my problem if I bounce yoinky, pointless
probes of my server, and ruthlessly block them from contacting my
server ever again. My server, my choice, my wallet, nobody's
business but my own.<br>
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<div>Some webmasters ban IP's for simply visiting a domain, I
know one that even dispatches an email to your ISP's abuse@
address upon visit. Should RIPE Atlas probes then not probe
any HTTP servers? The answer is obviously no, they shouldn't
care.</div>
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Making arguments based upon extreme cases, assumptions, or
potential-for-collateral-damage is not scientific. "I know one that
even [...]" Anecdotal evidence isn't scientific.<br>
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Note, I run a probe myself. I don't block any RIPE Atlas traffic on
my separate servers hosted on AWS, Oracle, and GCE. <br>
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Paul Theodoropoulos<br>
<a href="https://www.anastrophe.com">anastrophe.com</a></div>
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