Big Enemies

Well, well, well. At least part of the effort to shut yours truly down over the last week is coming from guess where?

Saudi Arabia. (212.138.64.176) is one of the IPs that is hitting me very, very, very hard. But, they assure everyone that that is just because I am popular there. It says so right on their RIPE entry:

remarks:         Part of this IP block has been used for proxy/cache
remarks:         service at the National level in Saudi Arabia. All
remarks:         Saudi Arabia web traffic will come from this IP block.
remarks:
remarks:         If you experience high volume of traffic from
remarks:         IP in this block it is because your site is very
remarks:         popular/famous of Saudi Arabia community.
remarks:
remarks:         For any abuse activities please contact us through
remarks:         Email: abuse@isu.net.sa
remarks:         Phone: +96614813933 (24×7)
remarks:         Fax: +96614813221

Nice to know who is popular/famous.