> The easiest way to deal with the usual suspects is to just block the entire countries network range(s).
Keep in mind that this should be paired with an ASN blacklist - MaxMind also has an ASN mmdb for convenience - because IP address to country maps are almost entirely self-declared[0].
For example, Tencent (AS132203), which you almost certainly want to block, has ranges in 73 different countries per [1].
Keep in mind that this should be paired with an ASN blacklist - MaxMind also has an ASN mmdb for convenience - because IP address to country maps are almost entirely self-declared[0].
For example, Tencent (AS132203), which you almost certainly want to block, has ranges in 73 different countries per [1].
[0]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8805
[1]: https://bgp.tools/as/132203#prefixes