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#2 Re: Country-based packet filtering with iptables Posted by Anonymous (83.161.xx.xx) on Wed 18 Apr 2007 at 01:04 Racist routing IS a problem though, and it DOES get encouraged by such modules. You don't block a whole country because of a bruteforce attack. However, here are some situations where you can encounter it: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/10/26/bush_campaign_web_site_rejects_nonus_visitors.html http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3958665.stm I can't think of anything positive to do with this technology.
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