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     Re: Re: Block IPs based on Lo   
     By: paulie420 to Compctech on Fri Feb 28 2025 06:26 pm   
      
    >  Co> I apologies if I am posting in the wrong location.  I am getting a lot   
    >  Co> of login attempts from China and other Asian countries.   
    >   
    >  Co> Like I said, I hate to have to go to this extreme, but it's getting   
   bad. Huawei Public Cloud Service is the worst one so fare.   
    >   
    > I invite callers from all countries - any reason to block them??? Are they   
   bots or actual users??   
    >   
    >   
    >   
    > |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o   
    > |08.........   
      
   I only put a block on China. It was bots that was taking up all my nodes   
   24/7.  If I was able to narrow it down to a few ISPs, I would have just done   
   that, but it was all over.   
      
   Once I put the China block in place, about 95% of the bot traffic stopped.   
      
   Sam L   
      
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