Re: Favorite way to ban an IP from your webserver?

["Padraig-2" <user=1565@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Dec 11, 2007 1:34 PM, Matt Shields <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> 
> Nope, I didn't hear it.  I was laughing too loud thinking about the 
> guy who just wiped out his entire system because he trusted some guy 
> off the internet. 
> 
> Oh and by the way, my great uncle is in charge of a $100 billion 
> dollars at a bank in South Africa.  If you help me transfer the money 
> out of the country we can split it, but there are some administrative 
> fees that will need to be covered, I'm paying for half and I need you 
> to pay half.  It's only $20,000.  What's the matter don't you trust 
> me?  We are on the same mailing list. 
> 
> I find it strangely funny how "newbies" refuse to take advice from old 
> timers about best practices, after all we've gone through all the 
> trials and tribulations.  We've learned our lessons.  Something bad is 
> going to happen and the only thing I will say to you is "I told you 
> so".  There's just something about humans that have to learn the hard 
> way.  I'm telling you, do not blindly trust people.  Ask your 
> question, then take the answers and figure out for yourself what they 
> are doing before blindly running them.