How do I Deny access to certain IP addresses???

[PeabsB]

Hi everyone, I am new here... unfortunately i'm also quite new to linux and apache... I know that I use the Deny directive in the httpd.conf file to deny access to certain IP addresses, but where do I put this within that file?? Thank you

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

You just put a couple of lines into either a <Directory> container within httpd.conf for the directory concerned, or a .htaccess file placed in the directory itself. For example :

<Directory /whatever>
order deny,allow (the default order)
allow from 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
deny from all
</Directory>

[only allows from the 192.168.0.x subnet]

<Directory /whatever>
order allow,deny
deny 192.168.0.1
allow from all
</Directory>

[allows all except IP address 192.168.0.1]

See -->

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_access.html

Hope this helps