Hello,

Is it possible to use iptables to block IP's which are referred from certain URL's?


Thank you.

I guess you could try something like this:

<?php
$deny = 'somedomain.com';
$host = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$refr = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

if(eregi($deny, $refr)) {
exec('/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -s '.$host.' -j DROP');
}
?>


But it wouldn't be all that reliable, not everybody reveals a HTTP_REFERER for a start

If the idea is to block http access by referer, maybe this could be useful:

http://accessreferer.sourceforge.net/mod_access_referer.html

Originally posted by Loon
I guess you could try something like this:

<?php
$deny = 'somedomain.com';
$host = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$refr = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

if(eregi($deny, $refr)) {
exec('/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -s '.$host.' -j DROP');
}
?>


But it wouldn't be all that reliable, not everybody reveals a HTTP_REFERER for a start

Athough logic is ok, I don't think PHP will be able to run the iptables binary... At least it shouldn't be able to ;).