Deny list size

[al2ka]

Hi all,

I'm using a global deny list from Stop Forum Spam and am keen to use their "Last 30 days" list that is just under 129,000 IP's (quite a beast).

It would provide a good level of protection for me, but am I safe keeping my actual max deny IPs set to the last 100 (default) but having a hard coded list this large? Or will a list this large cause issues. I'm loading it from a .txt file every 3 days.

Cheers,

[ForumAdmin]

It might be possible to use such a large list if the server has plenty of memory. You should be sure to enable the FASTSTART option otherwise it will take an age to start csf. You'll notice soon enough if it is going to slow things down. There should be no need to alter max deny IPs with relation to using such a list.

[al2ka]

Many thanks. I'll report back on the ram use with such a list in case it helps others.