Block IP from accessing website using .htaccess
To block certain ip address from accessing your website, just create a file with name .htaccess at your root directory with the content below:-
order allow,deny
deny from 192.168.0.1
allow from all
If you want to block multiple ip address using .htaccess simply add one ip address per line as below:-
order allow,deny
deny from 192.168.0.2
deny from 192.168.0.3
deny from 192.168.0.4
allow from all
You can even block a network range ip using .htaccess:-
order allow,deny
deny from 129.0.0
allow from all
Note: .htaccess only works in apache webserver, if you do not know what web server you are on, your can consult with your server administrator for more details.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Another kind of cool thing to do is block say the whole 8 bit like
deny from 41.0.0.0/8
Which would block all 41.0.0.1 thru 41.255.255.255 all in one pop. Sometimes this is too much, but it is handy for blocking entire countries or areas on occassion.
Then if there was one like 41.25.85.35 you wanted to allow:
deny from 41.0.0.0/8
allow from 41.25.85.35
Sometimes it’s easier to deny a whole bunch and allow only a few than to type a couple hundred (one per line).
Jeremy
dialme.com
July 4th, 2008 at 6:18 am
You can also ban everyone except for your home IP address like so:
order deny,allow
allow from YOURIPADDRESSHERE
deny from all