Hello,

I was reading a security article that mentioned that you can block file/directory access on apache and set it to allow only certain IPs access it.

I wish to do this, however I have not been able to find the data I seek via google.

I wish to limit "admin.php" to my IP block and the IP block of another admin.

Is this possible? Could anyone provide some assistance?

Thank you in advance.

this can be done in ".htaccess". Here's an example - allow access to "/admin.php" from "1.1.1.1" and deny everyone else:


<Location /admin.php>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 1.1.1.1
</Location>


this should be uploaded in your site's root directory as ".htaccess"

regards,
M.

Originally posted by Miha
this can be done in ".htaccess". Here's an example - allow access to "/admin.php" from "1.1.1.1" and deny everyone else:


<Location /admin.php>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 1.1.1.1
</Location>


this should be uploaded in your site's root directory as ".htaccess"

regards,
M.

Thank you very much for your reply.

To allow two different IP blocks would I then have this:


<Location /admin.php>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 1.1.1.1, 2.2.2.2
</Location>


Notice the comma.

Also, would you happen to know if for an IP block what character I use? IE: 1.1.*.*

Once again, thank you in advance.

Originally posted by PCplayground

Also, would you happen to know if for an IP block what character I use? IE: 1.1.*.*


just put "1.1", which translates to "1.1.*.*"

regards,
M.

forgot about comma - no comma (space only). just like this: "1.2.3.4 1.2.35.32 23.52.9" etc

regards,
M.

Awesome, thank you very very much. :D

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