Banning Ips with httaccess, how much resources it eats?

by Haship Posted: 12 years ago 2 replies

I know that if you have a very big list of banned IPs in your httaccess file, it can eat a lot of resources.

Does it make any noticeable difference if I have less than 500 ips listed there? If I'd have let's say 5000ips listed there, would it eat a lot of resources?

#programming #banning #eats #httaccess #ips #resources

RobinInTexas 12 years ago

You're probably not going to hurt it much. I personally combine IPs and ban blocks rather than individual IPs. Also I use a redirect rather than DENY FROM which seems to be the popular method. The redirect requires a bit less work for Apache.
phpg 12 years ago

If possible it's better do ban IPs in the firewall (such as iptables), before the webserver.

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Banning Ips with httaccess, how much resources it eats?

Haship • 12 years ago • 2 replies

I know that if you have a very big list of banned IPs in your httaccess file, it can eat a lot of resources. Does it make any noticeable difference if I have less than 500 ips listed there? If I'd have let's say 5000ips listed there, would it eat a lot of resources?