User talk:Sidasta

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 85.158.137.195 lifted or expired.

Request handled by:  Netsnipe   ►  15:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of autoblock

Just wanted to say thanks for removing the autoblock on my IP address! It's the second time this IP address has been blocked in as many weeks, and I think the IP address is used exclusively for the company I work for, so it puzzles me who would be doing things like that. Keep up the good work. Sidasta 15:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Do you work at MessageLabs then? 85.158.137.195 = proxy1.messagelabs.net, but then again, MessageLabs is a well known anti-virus and network security firm so it could be that your company has outsourced some part of their network infrastructure to them. Could you please elaborate on your company's internet connectivity so that we can better handle abuse originating from that 85.158.137.195 in future. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  15:51, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I never thought to check what the IP address resolved to. No, I work for a large UK council, and it would seem from this that they use MessageLabs as a proxy (which explains why Internet access is slower than it should be). In light of this, it could be that other companies use the same proxy service, and therefore IP address. Sidasta 16:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Could you do me a favour, and goto http://www.proxydetect.com/ Please tell me if your HTTP headers contain a X-Forwarded-For line. If it does, I'll get it added to Wikipedia:WikiProject on XFFs. Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  16:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks like my IT department doesn't like me looking at sites relating to proxies, as the link you suggested is blocked. I checked some other similar sites and they're all blocked too. I'll throw up a quick PHP script over the weekend on my own webspace to check HTTP headers and see if that gets through. Sidasta 08:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about the scripting. I ask a meta:Checkuser to do the dirty work for me. --  Netsnipe  ►  13:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Its not vandalism

You recently incorrectly identified my entry to the investment management column as vandalism. It is not. See the article's discussion.

I didn't remove your edit - I removed the edit after yours, which was an anonymous user adding a bunch of 888s to a link. Compare the history and you'll see what I mean. Sidasta 15:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)