Blackmoor Vituperative

If you have a server connected to the Internet, someone is trying to break into it. I wish there was some way to cause immediate physical harm to the people who try. Alas, there isn’t. What I do is block their IP address. Here’s the current list of IP addresses I block from my servers. The first few IPs are for entire subnets on which criminals run rampant, so I’m blocking the entire thing.

59.120.0.0/16
61.0.0.0/8
200.0.0.0/8
202.0.0.0/8
210.0.0.0/8
211.0.0.0/8
219.0.0.0/8
220.0.0.0/8
221.0.0.0/8
24.4.255.24
24.12.176.94
24.123.68.90
58.4.29.84
60.36.182.62
60.248.86.38
61.43.153.30
61.82.25.83
61.166.155.205
62.75.218.121
62.85.57.103
62.149.229.245
64.5.230.227
64.118.136.131
64.187.1.131
64.240.232.95
65.166.159.14
65.220.123.184
67.19.101.162
67.93.232.174
67.112.29.139
68.11.238.156
68.20.72.214
68.178.152.201
69.44.153.51
69.57.156.73
69.132.42.130
69.251.29.1
72.11.115.206
72.29.74.67
80.53.95.58
80.96.109.138
80.98.164.92
80.118.146.14
80.191.122.3
81.19.34.110
81.199.17.11
82.98.141.134
82.100.0.62
82.133.23.110
82.165.33.18
82.225.130.154
83.29.85.36
83.103.76.42
83.149.67.173
83.170.72.51
83.238.135.106
84.234.16.234
85.19.152.5
129.27.112.12
129.118.18.41
130.13.113.105
130.94.78.118
130.120.97.240
134.169.69.136
140.115.35.228
147.46.60.140
155.230.148.72
163.17.10.127
163.18.22.13
163.20.160.21
163.22.24.171
166.111.30.56
193.145.45.44
195.13.58.163
195.70.37.231
195.85.134.20
195.133.91.190
201.225.227.138
203.146.213.82
203.249.66.162
206.123.107.32
206.131.229.130
207.90.232.9
207.230.12.12
208.30.189.2
208.49.141.47
209.5.189.122
209.203.69.188
212.0.130.249
212.50.196.36
212.147.34.114
212.248.53.160
213.80.105.8
212.83.213.100
212.144.240.83
213.151.89.52
213.198.65.185
213.205.84.5
216.12.173.211
216.69.162.125
217.40.12.9
217.67.238.248
217.160.132.99
218.25.82.156
218.27.88.170
218.75.120.146
218.83.157.158
218.91.213.61
218.206.68.200
218.253.72.193

Every one of these addresses has been the source of an overt, repeated attack on one of my servers. It’s a shame that evil and stupidity do not have immediate, painful consequences. Not lethal consequences, because then there’d be no chance to learn from the mistake, but painful (perhaps even crippling) consequences, so that the miscreant would know that they aren’t going to succeed, and that they will only bring themselves pain if they try. And really, it would be nice to think that people would learn their lesson and turn away from evil, if given the chance. Oh, well.

In brighter news, here are the most popular search terms which led people to blackgate.net in November of 2006:

Wow, Prussian Blue has skyrocketed, while Windows validation has dropped way down. The girls from Fanta are as popular as ever, of course, closely followed by… “Shakira nude”? Shame on you!