opening port 80 to limited users

[kaancho12]

is it possible to allow access to (http) port 80 to certain IP's only? we are running RH linux 9 here and i want the staff at the another location to view the server. Both the locations have static ip.

 

[smah]

Please define 'allow access'.... Do you mean using apache web server (typically listening on port 80) to view web pages? Then yes, use the 'Allow' directive inside a Location or Directory container (or inside an .htaccess file). Start here for more info.

 

[RhythmAce]

In the directory container for DocumentRoot use the following:

Order allow, deny
Allow from 192.168.1.10 (change to actual ip)

 

[mragain]

if you want to use iptables inserting a rule like this should work:

iptables -A INPUT -s 10.10.10.10 -p TCP --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

 

[w1nn3r]

mragain is right, and that is probably the best solution. If one site has the IP address 192.168.0.102 and the other is 192.168.0.103 you can add these 2 rules:

iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.102 -p TCP --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.103 -p TCP --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

Then you can add the drop rule to drop all other traffic.