.htaccess question
 

Hey all,

I have been working on blocking countries using htaccess when a thought occurred to me for once. lol Instead of blocking a ton of countries why now just allow the countries I want and block everything else..

Before I spend the time figuring out IP ranges etc I figured I would ask here and see if anyone already has written an htaccess like this? The site I am working on just wants English speaking countries..mainly US,UK and Canada..the rest can be blocked.. Can anyone help me with this??

Thanks much,
Richie

I can post some links and warn you that very large .htaccess files can cause issues just not good to have imo.

http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=133633
http://www.wizcrafts.net/nigerian-blocklist.html

Basically your looking at some editing on the htaccess end and I've honestly never thought to do anything this extreme as for me anyone visiting could be a potential client etc so I can't speak from experience perhaps leave time for someone else to chime in and possibly help with this or use those links and Google to find something you can use ;).

I agree but this is for a client..

Thank you for the links. I have already written a few different htaccess files but I have been trying to range the IPs to make it shorter..

I figure allowing US,Canada and UK would be a much smaller Htaccess than if I banned all the other countries and just allowed us etc.. The problem is I cannot find ranges..

Thanks again..
Update--Those links were very helpful and I believe the data I need is in the first link..Thanks for your help Superman.. Its a bird, a plane... no...its a web developer..lol

LOL well your right, allowing some yet blocking the rest is a better route from what I read but remember, it's your job in a sense to make sure your client knows all the risks kwim? ;).

Yes, so true..I have decided to just block the most problematic countries and then just ban any other countries that cause problems.. Apparently this site has been a target for years.. It has not been successfully attacked though since my improvements weeks ago so perhaps all of this is overkill..

Thanks again for your help..

Rich

No problem, glad the links were helpful ;)

Ohhh Richie...

Look what was released on Jan. 11th, we missed it by one day and I just now came across it ;).

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2148617

Also take a look at post #14 ;).

Awesome...

Thanks!!