Geoblock Registration 1.2.2

[Sim]

Sim updated Geoblock Registration with a new update entry:

1.2.2 bugfix - assert admin permission

• Minor bugfix to explicitly enforce admin permissions on admincp tools
• updated icon
• latest composer dependencies

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[Black Tiger]

Hello.
I encountered an odd issue today. Got a moderation warning about a user, which wondered me.


So it says "ip country was neither allowed nor denied" which means "not present". However this is in my blocking list:
AL, AM, AR, AZ, BA, BG, BR, BY, CA, CN, DZ, EE, EG, etc.

Brazil is BR.
Then I checked the IP:

Hostname: 181.215.16.38
ASN: 61317
ISP:IPXO
Services: Datacenter
Country: Brazil

So did I do something wrong or why was this not recognized as Brazil?

P.s. I didn't bother to mask ip or mail address since it's a spammer anyway.

 

[Sim]

Hello.
I encountered an odd issue today. Got a moderation warning about a user, which wondered me.
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So it says "ip country was neither allowed nor denied" which means "not present". However this is in my blocking list:
AL, AM, AR, AZ, BA, BG, BR, BY, CA, CN, DZ, EE, EG, etc.

Brazil is BR.
Then I checked the IP:

So did I do something wrong or why was this not recognized as Brazil?

P.s. I didn't bother to mask ip or mail address since it's a spammer anyway.

This is a case where the IP address has likely recently been re-assigned to a new provider and so GeoIP databases haven't been updated yet.

We're using Maxmind's database, which believes the IP address in question is used by a business in the UAE - which is why it doesn't detect it as Brazil or any other country in your block list.

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There is a "Submit a data correction" button on that page which it might be worth using to prompt Maxmind to update this address.

It's rare that this happens - but IP address blocks do get reassigned fairly regularly, so it is quite likely to happen at some point.