How Effective Is IP Blocking at Stopping Unwanted Traffic? or Can IP Blocking Really Protect Your Web

Hey, thanks for all the insights! Definitely gonna look into Cloudflare and Fail2Ban—sounds like a better combo than just relying on ip blocking.

Quick follow-up: anyone tried using both ip blocking *and* geofencing together? Wondering if that’s overkill or actually useful for stopping spam.

(Also, my keyboard’s still rebellious, so typos are here to stay.)