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J! CORE: Why isn't restricting access by IP recommended?

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Date added:	Wednesday, 27 June 2007	Date last changed:	Friday, 06 July 2007

Restricting site access by IP Address is not particulalrly effective long term as many exploits are enacted from hijacked machines or via proxies, masking the real attacker's actual IP Address.
Last Updated Friday, 06 July 2007

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