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UCEPROTECT ASN-wide listings can block innocent DigitalOcean sites

news.ycombinator.com 16 min read Editor score 6/10

The account says UCEPROTECT Level 3 lists whole ASNs, causing Orange filters to block sites, and offers whitelisting for a monthly fee. It shows how reputation lists can create reachability problems beyond the individual server.

What

A DigitalOcean site owner says Orange's security filters blocked their site after its IP appeared on UCEPROTECT Level 3.

How

The listing applies to the whole DigitalOcean ASN; the discussion notes that the list warns against using it alone to block traffic.

Why it matters

Engineers operating hosted services should account for collateral effects when network filters rely on provider-wide reputation lists.

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