[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

banning by .htaccess is fine if you only have a few things in it because it is read with every single server request, so if you have 10 blocks in your .htaccess and lets say you have a web page with 30 elements (icons, css, containers, includes.....etc) then each one of those that tries to access that page has 30 checks made just to load that page.

Now consider your own landing page and check how many things load to make that page up and you'll soon see why having a lot of bans in your .htaccess can be detrimental particularly if you are on shared hosting or limited vps.

@Gadget_Guy & Max Taxable
The hook is style_fetch, you can try changing the hook for one of the others that loads before all the others but you may not see the result your looking for, doesn't hurt to try

I have had the ip blocks in my htaccess for over 5 years my Man and I haven't ran into any problems in those 5 years ..

If an IP is blocked on your server it's not allowing the page or any page to load, so I am a bit confussed about "so if you have 10 blocks in your .htaccess and lets say you have a web page with 30 elements (icons, css, containers, includes.....etc) then each one of those that tries to access that page has 30 checks made just to load that page."


As a matter of fact, when I didn't have these IP blocks in my htaccess file I was constantly getting emails from my host that my site was being suspended ... by blocking these IPs I am keeping them from even accessing anything on my website or forums ...thus the usage of resources went down ...