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Any target date for XFF headers?

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These will be very helpful. --CliffC 01:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Not that I know of. —[admin] Pathoschild 04:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I think they finally did--172.161.181.23 18:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
It says, "This page will be largely deprecated once the AOL proxies are added to " the XFF list and the system is known to be working properly." I don't see anything with "aol" on that list. There is a persistent vandal that I really want to block... Do I understand this correctly? When this is implemented, all vandalism from the same AOL user account will appear to be coming from the same IP address? Or is it more in-depth than that? — Omegatron 15:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
It means that the proxy ranges don't exist anymore, just the regular dynamic IPs, IE, the range blocks on 64.../24 152.../24 and 205.../24 don't matter anymore, because those ranges don't exist anymore, every single AOL user is given a 172... when they log on, and it stays with them with every page they edit, as long as it begins with 172, feel free to block away, since those aren't now, nor were ever part of AOL's shared proxy pool--172.150.17.234 16:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
I see AOL is now XFFing..... note my IP 204.52.215.107 19:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC) - in other words, this is on AOL but it seems also to be from my IP. Hmmm. - User:RickyrabReply
Question: If this is AOL XFF, then how come this is my home IP showing up rather than 172 something? 204.52.215.107 19:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
That's the point, your home IP is your real IP, AOL no longer obscures that fact with a proxy system, hence, AOL is no longer an open proxy--172.132.9.114 14:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
Why did they do that? Now people's lives are less private.

Maybe...

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we could have some https thing set up like wikitionary. 216.37.178.66 00:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)Reply