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Whah happens when someone is IP-banned and has a (cg)nated IP? Will other people with the same IP abble to join (self.technology)
submitted 1 year ago by sarmale to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IP banning has fallen out of favour because of how trivial it is to circumvent and the adoption of IPv6. However, everything sharing that ip will be affected by the ban. Additionally with a soft IP ban, a service could potentially offer additional authentication to bypass it; such as a login page.