Blocking Users/IP's
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	• bzimport
	Feb 25 2005, 9:19 PM

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Author: gentooer

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when blocking an IP i noticed that it only prevents them from editing a page, i
suggest passing the ip to the apache for completly blocking an offender, instead
of just limiting their abilities..

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Severity: enhancement
OS: Linux
Platform: PC

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 8:14 PM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Page-editing.

• bzimport set Reference to bz1593.

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• bzimport created this task.Feb 25 2005, 9:19 PM

Many/most IP addresses are shared or dynamically assigned. We don't want
to block legitimate visitors from even *reading* the wiki if they are unlucky
enough to share an IP with a jerk.

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