allowing only specific IP range to area on my website

[zimu]

hey guys,

is there some way i can restrict a certain folder in my webserver to only a certain range of IP addresses? any other ip address just gets an error message?

 

[Trygve]

There are several ways to do it. Here's one: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_access.html

 

[zimu]

try trygve, i checked out the mod_access. its not clear as to where i can put the "Allow from IPADDRESS" code. i tried to put it in htaccess, with a foreign IP address and i could still login fine, so i'm guessing i'm doing something wrong...

 

[RossMAN]

.htaccess might do the trick.

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: zimu
try trygve, i checked out the mod_access. its not clear as to where i can put the "Allow from IPADDRESS" code. i tried to put it in htaccess, with a foreign IP address and i could still login fine, so i'm guessing i'm doing something wrong...

Those would go in the appropriate section of httpd.conf. The syntax for .htaccess is different:

order allow,deny
allow from [insert ip block here]
deny from all

(switch the order directive if you want to block only specific ranges)

I've never tried it, but there's an htaccess generator available at http://www.bitesizeinc.net/demo.htaccesser.html

 

[zimu]

ok still having issues. modified my .htaccess to prevent certain ip's from accessing site:

order deny,allow
deny from 150,69,81
Allow from all


its SUPPOSED to block ips starting with 150, 69 etc. but nope, users log on without problem.

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: zimu
ok still having issues. modified my .htaccess to prevent certain ip's from accessing site:

order deny,allow
deny from 150,69,81
Allow from all


its SUPPOSED to block ips starting with 150, 69 etc. but nope, users log on without problem.

Have you tried:

order deny,allow
deny from 150.
deny from 69.
deny from 81.
Allow from all