Re: pear.php.net Genocidal IP filtering must end now

Hello,

Please keep this on the pear-webmaster list as well.

I will try to address this email later today or over the weekend when
I'm not busy at work, perhaps someone else can chime in and come up
with some solution.

- Helgi

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Tech Support <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello!
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> I have been a registered pear user for a long time now and have been filing
> bug reports in the past.
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> Recently I tried to file a new bug report but was unable to do so because
> apparently my IP address was marked as suspicious
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> This is a message I see when I try to file a new bug report:
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> We can not allow you to continue since your IP has been marked suspicious by
> the http://projecthoneypot.org/,
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> I've never even heard of these clouns before. I checked their database and
> it says that my IP was last marked as suspicious over 2 months ago.
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> I don't even have a static IP, it's a DHCP based ip from my cable modem
> provider.
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> The projecthoneypot is not replying to my request to remove my IP.
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> In the mean time I am unable to file bug reports and even worth, I am unable
> to join the pear dev mailing list. I thing you probably using this
> projecthoneypot on your mailing list subscription page too, right?
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> Please reconsider the use of this projecthoneypot service or at least
> develop a better filtering logic where the positive match is just one of the
> many factors instead of the only factor in making a decision to allow or
> deny access to your website.
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> For example, if the bug report is coming from a registered user who has been
> registered for a long time, then the user should be granted access
> regardless of the result of projecthoneypot match.
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> I personally don't think that this service is a good idea because unlike the
> normal spam blacklist database, the end-user Ips are not permanent in most
> cases and because of that the record on a single IP should not be kept for
> more that a couple of days.
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> Also since they are not replying to request for removal, they should not be
> considered a serious blacklist operator.
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