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		toomuchtodo on Feb 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My website is being stolen in real time and I don'... Do you know who their web host is? If so, block the whole Class B from fetching your site.

devicenull on Feb 14, 2014 [–]

Class B? What is this, 1992?

toomuchtodo on Feb 14, 2014 | [–]

You're right. Thanks for keeping me honest.

Don't just block the /24 ("Class C" IP block), block the /16 ("Class B" IP block) the IP resides in. You'll reduce your audience in India, but they'll have to switch webhosts to continue leaching his/her site.

http://www.oav.net/mirrors/cidr.html

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