Right now I was trying to comment on someone's blog and after hitting the button to submit my comment, I received this wonderful message: Error 403We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for <URL snipped> on this server. Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity. See the listing below formore details on specific blacklists and removal procedures. Your technical support key is: <snip> You can use this key to fix this problem yourself. If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact <snip> and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above. Through following the link (which won't work as I've removed the key), I found out that it appears the entire Grand Hyatt hotel is blacklisted in one of the RBLs. The blog in question is obviously using something to query blacklists to reduce spammers, and that software is using RBLs, and the hotel wound up in one of those lists! Why do I say the entire hotel? ( Read more... )Tags: blacklist, rbl
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