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Here is an interesting article on how Wikipedia blocked the whole nation of Qatar because someone spammed. Apparently the whole country is NAT’ed – appearing to the whole world as having one IP address.
…that resulted in the accidental blocking of the entire nation because Qatar’s sole telecom, Q-Tel, funnels all Internet traffic through that single address, a practice that allows the country to monitor and censor its users, said David Gerard, Wikipedia’s London-based spokesman…
Here is a try IP space conservation! It makes it easy to sensor content as well!
Happy New Year, everyone!
May this year bring a lot of internet excitement – faster speeds, more downloads and more intriquing technologies!
GM