Banning IPs

Saturnin · 2006-08-31, 01:55 AM

Newbie question here....

I'm looking to ban IP numbers from certain countries for my website. Not too many countries mind you, but I do want to simply ban the entire place when I do. I'm using aMember which has a ban function, but it's for individual numbers and I have yet to find an index with upper-level domain numbers.

I've seen some point and click software which does this based on huge numbers of allotments, and all you have to do is click "Absurdistan" or "Republique du Merde" and it will ban access from everyone in the IP ranges from those countries (or at least everyone which the software recognizes). The software I've seen looks kind of dodgy though.

Is there software which anyone knows of/uses and can recommend?

DJilla · 2006-08-31, 09:41 AM

Look the ranges up you want to block and do it yourself if you're running your own server.

Great IP blocker with three star tools (Blocklist Manager too)

http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/ind...CODE=02&qid=31

If your on a hosted server you'll have to do it with .htaccess and it doesn't sound like your technical level would be up to messing around with that. There are some good threads and links here re: .htaccess if you want to look anyway. Why not just figure out how to redirect the traffic and use it for toplists, etc.

Saturnin · 2006-08-31, 04:30 PM

Yup, my technical level is improving all the time, but I have no formal training in programming (yet). Since I'm on a shared (for now) I'll have a look at the .htaccess threads, good idea on the toplists too.

I actually did find some indexes this afternoon, but they tend to be ISP based. I did find this after a bit of searching....

http://fixingtheweb.com/country/blocking.html

But before loading that I'll what others have been saying here about the .htaccess.

Muchas gracias for the suggestions....

2006-08-31, 01:55 AM	#1
Saturnin A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edge of the Universe Posts: 53	Banning IPs Newbie question here.... I'm looking to ban IP numbers from certain countries for my website. Not too many countries mind you, but I do want to simply ban the entire place when I do. I'm using aMember which has a ban function, but it's for individual numbers and I have yet to find an index with upper-level domain numbers. I've seen some point and click software which does this based on huge numbers of allotments, and all you have to do is click "Absurdistan" or "Republique du Merde" and it will ban access from everyone in the IP ranges from those countries (or at least everyone which the software recognizes). The software I've seen looks kind of dodgy though. Is there software which anyone knows of/uses and can recommend?

2006-08-31, 09:41 AM	#2
DJilla You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 525	Monster IP Blocker Look the ranges up you want to block and do it yourself if you're running your own server. Great IP blocker with three star tools (Blocklist Manager too) http://www.bluetack.co.uk/forums/ind...CODE=02&qid=31 If your on a hosted server you'll have to do it with .htaccess and it doesn't sound like your technical level would be up to messing around with that. There are some good threads and links here re: .htaccess if you want to look anyway. Why not just figure out how to redirect the traffic and use it for toplists, etc. __________________ Submit Free Sites, Blogs, Movies, TGP's, Triple XXX Info

2006-08-31, 04:30 PM	#3
Saturnin A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Edge of the Universe Posts: 53	Yup, my technical level is improving all the time, but I have no formal training in programming (yet). Since I'm on a shared (for now) I'll have a look at the .htaccess threads, good idea on the toplists too. I actually did find some indexes this afternoon, but they tend to be ISP based. I did find this after a bit of searching.... http://fixingtheweb.com/country/blocking.html But before loading that I'll what others have been saying here about the .htaccess. Muchas gracias for the suggestions....