Hello,
> I understand all your points and they are all very valid
> however should it be the case that someone be completely blocked purely on
> the basis of a dynamic IP ?
As much as I hate to say this, you are only one in millions of dynamic IP
addresses infected with spam zombies. Sadly, this is a case of the greater
good, allow millions of viruses and allow ONE innocent persion OR stop the
hordes of virus and the ONE innocent person.
It is a real pain. I know, I've been there, even with a fully qualified IP
address. SORBS decided at some point that the entire 63.230.x.x/16 was all
dynamic and not giving a damned that literaly hundreds of businesses would
be wiped out. It was a real mess, thankfully fixed now.
I, too, am among the many that believe most RBL's don't act responsibly. It
is probably an irony that I wrote a tool to identify dynamic IP addresses.
But there is one major distinction, I can exclude in a matter of seconds an
innoncent victim and try to keep my filter to spammer infected IP addresses.
A tight-rope act that I believe is better than just sacrifing large chunks
of the internet.
> To use your analogy of the airport
>
> a certain profile of person may raise more suspicion than another and may be
> more closely checked through security.
> Having that profile does not stop that person getting on the plane unless
> the closer checks reveal other attributes that raise suspicion.
> Imagine if they said you could not fly because you are Asian, Muslim or have
> a long beard !
> That would be crazy
> No they just look a little closer at you
Have you been to the airport lately. Especially in Europe. Many airports
are doing just that. Most often, you'll end up catching a later plane by
the time they're done scrutinizing everything including the underwear you're
wearing..
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