Blocking IP's .htaccess

[magicm00n]

Hi, I've been blocking IP's in .htaccess from my site using:

<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
<IP's here>
allow from all
</Limit>

All of a sudden now it stop working. What could be the problem?

 

[DemOnstar]

Do you have cPanel on your host?
I use the IP Deny Manager there for all this kind of stuff.

 

[magicm00n]

Yeah I have that but I was using .htaccess for the IP blocking and now all of a sudden it stopped working. Could it be my host changed something?

 

[DemOnstar]

I am not so sure if the .htaccess would be affected by your host changing something.
I thought .htaccess was a universal file and compatible with all.

Not to worry, someone with more knowledge than I have in these matters will be along shortly. I am sure you will find your solution within the next 24 hours or less.

 

[BirdOPrey5]

Is there anything else in your .htaccess file that you can confirm is working?

 

[magicm00n]

Everything was working. This just happen all of a sudden. Could the host change something that is making blocking IP's through .htaccess not work?

 

[ozzy47]

It's possible the host could have done something to stop the htacess from working. First step would be to ask them if that is the case.

 

[magicm00n]

My host said that there are no issues at their end. They also said: " Removing "allow from all" seems to fixed it."

Like are they seriously asking me to remove that? I'm guessing they don't even know what the code is about.

Any help guys?

 

[DemOnstar]

Just exactly what does 'allow from all' mean?
I am familiar with 'deny from all' as that is the point of it. Denying access.

In this example, removing 'allow from all' makes sense. Again, denying access.

 

[BirdOPrey5]

I know they could do something to ignore .htaccess files completely so it would be useful to know if there is anything in your .htaccess file that is working.

 

[DemOnstar]

Is there an example of a typical .htaccess available?

I understand that each user has different needs but what would a basic .htaccess look like regarding vB? Folders, files etc.......

Or is this not a valid question because of the variations involved?

 

[BirdOPrey5]

VB3 and VB4 need no .htaccess file at all. Typically there wouldn't be any.

 

[we_are_borg]

Hi, I've been blocking IP's in .htaccess from my site using:

<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
<IP's here>
allow from all
</Limit>

All of a sudden now it stop working. What could be the problem?

If you want full blocking of the ip address you shoul remove the limit. Full blocking is as follows

Order allow,deny
deny from 192.168.1.1
allow from all

If you work with the limit get post or limit get header you can with php prevent the htaccess from working by altering the post or header.

Also do not use .htaccess as full blocking tool you should use the firewall for this.

 

[Mike1995]

I always thought the .htaccess "precluded" the firewall. Meaning, if .htaccess didn't cover it, the firewall did. Which in actuality, should be BEFORE the server, not built into it.

 

[smirkley]

VB3 and VB4 need no .htaccess file at all. Typically there wouldn't be any.

Just wish to say that even though vb3 and 4 work well out of the box without an htaccess file, that is no means reason to believe you shouldnt use one.

I have a pretty extensive htaccess file on my v4.
And each and every entry quite literally enhance my visitors experience substantially for the better.

Forum optomization can be performed there, image handling of requests from the server can be improved there alot, image caching and page caching improvements also, let alone friendly urls require an htaccess file.

Also, blocking of IPs there is the most bandwidth saving place to perform that there.

I block significant portions of russia, china, and a couple other target 'bad' countries that I do not get any productive traffic from are blocked there.

And each blocked IP consumes hardly any processing power and never get sight or view of your files in the fastest amount of time.


htaccess is a beutiful thing when properly carressed.

 

[Mike1995]

Smirk is right, proper utilization of the ht file can be beneficial. If your limited on bandwidth, you can limit other sites from accessing your images. And you can limit like Smirk said, the countries that have a lot of spammers by blocking COUNTRY wide IP's. Which does work.

 

[smirkley]

Saving bandwidth is nice if you need it.

My best result is in how fast my pages render on my visitors browsers.
That is where a websites experience is fully appreciated,... or not.

 

[DemOnstar]

htaccess is a beutiful thing when properly carressed.

Lets have a look at it then...
Show us an example of this beautiful thing...

Go on

I think mine is minimal, it has about 10 lines in it but I don't know how to make a good one.

Let's have a look...

 

[smirkley]

Lets have a look at it then...
Show us an example of this beautiful thing...

Go on

I think mine is minimal, it has about 10 lines in it but I don't know how to make a good one.

Let's have a look...

You make me smile.

I am not just going to cut-n-paste my htaccess here.
That wouldnt make any point except someone somewhere could diminish an entry in a file made for my site. Which would prove what.

Maybe a simple question should suffice.

I am not savvy on each and every browser.
But I try to stay informed on the top three.

That said, what slows your page rendering on a top browser the most?

(but honestly, maybe this is for another thread as to not stray off-topic)

 

[mysiteguy]

VB3 and VB4 need no .htaccess file at all. Typically there wouldn't be any.

I've seen the opposite, where most installations use mod_rewrite friendly URLs.