Good morning everyone. Just a quick heads up that I’ve banned a good chunk of IP space in China due to abusive traffic.

I’ve tried to restrict this where possible to datacenter blocks from Huawei, Tencent, and Alibaba, but China Telecom / Mobile were also heavy sources of suspicious traffic. I doubt we have many (if any) users in China, but if you are affected please let me know.

This has been ongoing for a while and I ignored it initially since the traffic levels were low, but it wasn’t anymore.

The ban has very visibly cut our traffic levels:

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    4 days ago

    Wondering if a certain user with a prolific pro-China comment history will suddenly stop posting now that these blocks are in place…

    • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I don’t know any of the context (or which user) you’re referring to, but would it be surprising for a pro-China user to be in China?

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        4 days ago

        Not terribly, but it would be a little more surprising if they talked from a Canadian perspective yet seemed more interested in Chinese interests than they were in Canadian interests. That also ignores the large Asian population in Canada who may still have ties with or fondness for China.