Good Friday Morning :)

cd34 · 2009-04-24, 10:05 AM

Word of note. Busy site, getting traffic from an IP address that you don't want? Do NOT do:

Code:

deny from 66.55.*.*

It seems like it would be logical to match things that way, but, that's not the way apache's rules work. When it sees that *.* it thinks, wow, could be mean 66.55.domain.com too? That of course forces a dns lookup which slows down any pageview on that site.

Code:

deny from 66.55.

is what you want in that case.

Yeah, Thursday was fun.

TGIF or something to that effect.

2009-04-24, 10:05 AM	#7
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	Word of note. Busy site, getting traffic from an IP address that you don't want? Do NOT do: Code: deny from 66.55.. It seems like it would be logical to match things that way, but, that's not the way apache's rules work. When it sees that . it thinks, wow, could be mean 66.55.domain.com too? That of course forces a dns lookup which slows down any pageview on that site. Code: deny from 66.55. is what you want in that case. Yeah, Thursday was fun. TGIF or something to that effect. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android