Blocking IPs

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Blocking IPs

Hi,

How would I go about blocking a whole country from accessing my site ?
Like for example how would I block xxx.xxx.xxx.0/19

Would it also be possible to re-direct them to a special page

I have found this code

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yahoo.com

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How would I get it to block xxx.xxx.xxx.0/19

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Garry,

Something like this would probably work for simply blocking them:

Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from xx.0.0.0/19

Andrew

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:00 am Post subject:

Hi,

While I was searching I can accross a website that tells you what to put in a .htaccess file to block a country: http://www.blockacountry.com/

This will return a 403 error

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:04 am Post subject:

Hi,

I do have one more question, can I put the block code anywhere in the .htaccess file ?

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Yes, I see no reason why not!

Andrew

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