I need to block an IP in htaccess

14 years ago

Try here: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....1.qko-FlzQwFw

If you are using cPanel, there is a built in IP Deny Manager to do this..

Thanks

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Mkj

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Techwork

Hi guys
I have a Wordpress blog where I would like to block a specific IP address for accessing. I believe it is possible to do that in the htaccess.
Anyone that can help me with the syntax for doing that?

This is the code I use:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 82.193.109.248
allow from all

I have that at the beginning of my htaccess file. Just replace the above ip address with whatever one you want to block. If you want to add more then just put another line in like this:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 220.181.141.65
deny from 82.193.109.248
allow from all

and so on.

If you want to block a range of ip addresses you can do so like this:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 220.181.141.
deny from 82.193.109.
allow from all

The above will block all the ip addresses that are using the same as above but end in whatever 1 - 3 digits. Lots of spammers use this method to throw loads of ip addresses at a site.

Works fine for me.

Thanks
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Jr180180

14 years ago

Do it with style... Direct them somewhere else

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 127.0.0.1
RewriteRule (.*) http://google.com [R]

Replace the URL and the IP you see above with the one that you'd like to redirect. Keep in mind, this simply redirects them if they try to access your site.

I'll explain.

Line 1: Turn the engine on
Line 2: Only if the remote address that access this server is 127.0.0.1, then continue with the next line.
Line 3: redirect to Google.com

Now you have two options.

Thanks
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basscat

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jr180180

Do it with style... Direct them somewhere else

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 127.0.0.1
RewriteRule (.*) http://google.com [R]

Replace the URL and the IP you see above with the one that you'd like to redirect. Keep in mind, this simply redirects them if they try to access your site.

I'll explain.

Line 1: Turn the engine on
Line 2: Only if the remote address that access this server is 127.0.0.1, then continue with the next line.
Line 3: redirect to Google.com

Now you have two options.

I like the way you think! :p

Thanks

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y8y8

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Mkj

This is the code I use:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 82.193.109.248
allow from all

I have that at the beginning of my htaccess file. Just replace the above ip address with whatever one you want to block. If you want to add more then just put another line in like this:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 220.181.141.65
deny from 82.193.109.248
allow from all

and so on.

If you want to block a range of ip addresses you can do so like this:

Code:

order allow,deny
deny from 220.181.141.
deny from 82.193.109.
allow from all

The above will block all the ip addresses that are using the same as above but end in whatever 1 - 3 digits. Lots of spammers use this method to throw loads of ip addresses at a site.

Works fine for me.

this is correct way to prevent ip by htaccess

Thanks

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Techwork

14 years ago

Hi guys.
Thank you for the feedback. I have been able to make it work to block the user that have been trying to hack my blog the last couple of weeks :-)

Thanks

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innerbot

14 years ago

I'm sure there are also a number of WP Plugins that will provide you with this functionality... A quick google search turned up this one:

WordPress › IP Ban « WordPress Plugins

No need to go mucking about in your .htaccess... Unless you want to of course :-)

Thanks
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Techwork

14 years ago

Originally Posted by innerbot

I'm sure there are also a number of WP Plugins that will provide you with this functionality... A quick google search turned up this one:

WordPress › IP Ban « WordPress Plugins

No need to go mucking about in your .htaccess... Unless you want to of course :-)

There is a plugin for everything in Wordpress isn't there? In this case I prefer a couple of lines in my .htaccess file. I try to keep my number of plugins to a minimum. Plugins need to be patched and too many plugins are slowing down my blog. But thank you for sharing the info anyway. It might be a better solution for other people that do not feel safe editing the .htaccess file themselves.

Thanks

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Kingfish85

14 years ago

OP - The reason why I suggested blocking IP's either in your control panel at the server level or at the firewall level is because using htaccess is not fool proof; there are ways around it. Also, if the user agent happens to drop the string, all those lines in the htaccess become useless.

Just keep in mind that if someone really wants to get in, htaccess is not going to stop them..

Thanks

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