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banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago
- i'm getting sued by someone who has very deep pockets. they want me to close down one of my websites but they've just let slip that they only really have a problem with my website in south africa
  
  so, i've heard that the .htaccess file can do this; but how woudl you go about shutting it down for a country?
  
  enter GollumX or anyone else that can help ...
  
  cheers as always
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Re: banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago
- hey damo, stick the following into your .htaccess file:
  <Limit GET HEAD POST> order allow,deny deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX allow from all </LIMIT>
  
  Note that this is a great way to block a few IP's. However, blocking a whole country with .htaccess could severely affect the performance of your site. At the present time a block of south africa could mean adding over 500 lines to your .htaccess file, which would then be checked on every page view!!
  
  If you still want to proceed, look for the South African IP's at http://software77.net/cgi-bin/ip-country/geo-ip.pl . South Africa country code is ZA.
  
  You'd probably need to write a script to add "deny from " to each line as doing 500 lines manually would be a huge PITA.
  
  The better way requires that your host have a GEOIP module and mod_rewrite installed on the server. Email them asking for this. With this you can redirect your visitors from South Africa to a page saying your site is offline ... you can even make a copy of the default windows "site unavailable' page. You can also send them to a page with affiliate or adsense links, or you can send them to my site
  
  Directions at http://www.affiliatewebsitedesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5679
  
  I believe there are also ways to do this with php scripts, but that is beyond my knowledge.
  
  good luck damo. i'm guessing this is the World Cup site
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Re: banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago

Here are the ip ranges in question:

62.184.8.32 62.184.8.63
62.184.13.128 62.184.13.159
62.184.26.208 62.184.26.223
62.184.57.16 62.184.57.23
62.184.88.0 62.184.88.63
62.184.88.160 62.184.88.175
62.184.89.0 62.184.95.255
62.184.110.0 62.184.111.255
62.184.128.64 62.184.128.79
62.184.173.96 62.184.173.127
62.184.174.80 62.184.174.95
62.185.33.96 62.185.33.127
62.185.52.64 62.185.52.79
62.185.53.96 62.185.53.127
62.185.54.192 62.185.54.255
62.185.66.192 62.185.66.223
62.185.84.128 62.185.84.255
62.185.90.168 62.185.90.175
62.185.90.224 62.185.90.255
62.185.93.160 62.185.93.175
62.185.102.224 62.185.102.239
62.185.102.248 62.185.102.255
62.185.113.224 62.185.113.239
62.185.120.192 62.185.120.199
62.185.120.208 62.185.120.223
62.185.132.160 62.185.132.191
62.185.138.32 62.185.138.63
62.185.147.224 62.185.147.255
62.185.160.48 62.185.160.79
62.185.176.0 62.185.176.95
62.185.177.0 62.185.183.79
62.185.183.112 62.185.183.127
62.185.184.0 62.185.188.159
62.185.189.0 62.185.192.31
62.185.192.40 62.185.192.63
62.185.193.64 62.185.193.79
62.185.194.0 62.185.194.255
62.185.196.192 62.185.196.223
62.185.196.240 62.185.196.255
62.185.224.160 62.185.224.191
62.185.237.32 62.185.237.63
62.186.2.160 62.186.2.191
62.186.10.192 62.186.10.255
62.186.33.80 62.186.33.95
62.186.52.32 62.186.52.47
62.186.67.32 62.186.67.63
62.186.94.192 62.186.94.255
62.186.104.64 62.186.104.127
62.186.106.160 62.186.106.175
62.186.108.32 62.186.108.47
62.186.120.32 62.186.120.63
62.186.120.80 62.186.120.95
62.186.154.64 62.186.154.127
62.186.158.0 62.186.159.255
62.186.170.176 62.186.170.191
62.186.176.0 62.186.178.191
62.186.178.224 62.186.180.31
62.186.180.64 62.186.180.127
62.186.181.0 62.186.183.31
62.186.183.64 62.186.186.95
62.186.187.0 62.186.187.191
62.186.188.0 62.186.191.255
62.186.208.72 62.186.208.79
62.186.222.0 62.186.223.255
62.186.234.32 62.186.234.63
62.186.234.128 62.186.234.143
62.186.234.192 62.186.234.255
62.187.22.0 62.187.31.255
62.187.88.0 62.187.88.223
62.187.89.0 62.187.89.255
62.187.108.0 62.187.109.255
62.200.56.0 62.200.56.63
62.200.56.96 62.200.56.127
62.200.57.0 62.200.59.255
62.200.88.0 62.200.88.127
62.200.88.144 62.200.88.159
62.200.130.0 62.200.131.255
62.200.133.0 62.200.133.191
62.200.134.0 62.200.134.191
62.200.134.224 62.200.134.247
62.200.135.0 62.200.135.127
62.200.160.0 62.200.164.255
62.200.166.0 62.200.166.95
62.200.166.128 62.200.166.191
62.200.178.0 62.200.178.255
64.245.0.0 64.245.15.255
80.255.39.168 80.255.39.175
80.255.51.248 80.255.51.255
80.255.61.160 80.255.61.191
82.113.137.208 82.113.137.215
82.206.128.160 82.206.128.175
82.206.129.32 82.206.129.47
82.206.131.0 82.206.131.159
82.206.135.0 82.206.135.7
82.206.159.0 82.206.159.127
82.206.165.128 82.206.166.127
82.206.180.0 82.206.181.255
82.206.192.0 82.206.193.255
82.206.201.128 82.206.201.255
84.254.128.57 84.254.128.60
84.254.131.129 84.254.131.168
84.254.131.192 84.254.131.255
84.254.147.0 84.254.147.63
168.210.50.0 168.210.50.255
192.109.242.0 192.109.242.255
194.117.112.4 194.117.112.7
194.117.113.100 194.117.113.103
194.117.119.111 194.117.119.112
194.117.120.49 194.117.120.49
194.117.120.102 194.117.120.102
194.117.120.112 194.117.120.112
194.117.120.167 194.117.120.167
194.117.122.72 194.117.122.72
194.117.124.73 194.117.124.73
194.117.124.219 194.117.124.219
194.194.54.96 194.194.54.127
194.194.239.128 194.194.239.255
194.196.46.0 194.196.46.255
194.196.176.0 194.196.181.255
194.253.11.144 194.253.11.159
194.253.43.0 194.253.43.159
194.253.146.160 194.253.146.191
194.253.169.0 194.253.169.127
194.253.169.192 194.253.169.207
194.253.169.216 194.253.169.223
194.253.178.0 194.253.178.255
195.51.69.192 195.51.69.207
195.51.88.0 195.51.91.95
195.51.91.128 195.51.91.191
195.51.131.192 195.51.131.223
195.51.156.0 195.51.159.255
195.51.233.152 195.51.233.159
195.51.245.0 195.51.245.255
195.75.128.0 195.75.129.255
195.75.131.0 195.75.131.47
195.75.131.56 195.75.131.63
195.75.131.128 195.75.131.223
195.75.131.240 195.75.132.79
195.75.132.96 195.75.135.255
195.75.153.0 195.75.154.103
195.75.154.112 195.75.154.223
195.75.155.0 195.75.155.223
195.75.156.0 195.75.158.255
195.79.128.0 195.79.129.255
195.112.161.16 195.112.161.19
195.112.179.126 195.112.179.126
195.118.22.0 195.118.23.255
195.118.27.0 195.118.27.255
195.118.30.0 195.118.31.255
195.118.110.192 195.118.110.223
195.118.201.0 195.118.201.255
195.118.203.0 195.118.203.255
195.118.207.0 195.118.207.255
195.183.11.32 195.183.11.47
195.183.15.192 195.183.15.207
195.183.31.224 195.183.31.239
195.183.33.192 195.183.33.207
195.183.33.216 195.183.33.223
195.183.35.96 195.183.35.127
195.183.41.0 195.183.41.159
195.183.61.192 195.183.61.255
195.183.67.128 195.183.67.255
195.183.69.208 195.183.69.223
195.183.85.208 195.183.85.223
195.183.95.96 195.183.95.111
195.183.102.96 195.183.102.127
195.183.128.32 195.183.128.63
195.183.128.96 195.183.129.127
195.183.130.0 195.183.130.15
195.183.130.32 195.183.130.127
195.183.131.0 195.183.131.95
195.183.132.0 195.183.132.31
195.183.132.128 195.183.135.255
195.183.137.0 195.183.137.255
195.183.147.32 195.183.147.47
195.183.157.128 195.183.157.143
195.183.158.192 195.183.158.223
195.183.160.200 195.183.160.207
195.183.166.208 195.183.166.223
195.183.194.0 195.183.196.143
195.183.197.0 195.183.197.31
195.183.197.128 195.183.197.255
195.183.202.0 195.183.203.63
195.183.203.112 195.183.203.127
195.183.204.0 195.183.205.255
195.184.138.192 195.184.138.255
195.184.157.0 195.184.157.255
195.213.27.0 195.213.27.31
195.213.30.128 195.213.30.191
195.213.49.16 195.213.49.31
195.213.56.32 195.213.56.63
195.213.92.192 195.213.92.255
195.213.93.32 195.213.93.63
195.213.93.124 195.213.93.127
195.213.94.64 195.213.94.71
195.213.103.0 195.213.103.255
195.213.117.0 195.213.117.127
195.213.140.64 195.213.140.127
195.213.146.104 195.213.146.111
195.213.146.192 195.213.146.223
195.213.238.0 195.213.238.255
195.213.252.128 195.213.252.255
209.159.160.0 209.159.161.255
209.159.167.0 209.159.169.255
212.133.48.152 212.133.48.159
212.137.54.0 212.137.54.255
213.31.200.240 213.31.200.255
213.31.207.144 213.31.207.159
213.31.207.240 213.31.207.247
213.62.240.0 213.62.241.255
213.185.113.144 213.185.113.159
213.185.113.248 213.185.113.255
213.255.195.168 213.255.195.175
213.255.211.192 213.255.211.199
216.0.48.0 216.0.48.255
216.0.50.0 216.0.50.255
216.0.52.0 216.0.53.255
216.2.176.0 216.2.183.255
216.4.160.0 216.4.163.255
216.5.0.0 216.5.7.255
216.5.192.0 216.5.199.255
216.139.164.16 216.139.164.23
216.139.164.32 216.139.164.39
216.139.164.48 216.139.164.71
216.139.164.80 216.139.164.87
216.139.164.144 216.139.164.159
216.139.164.192 216.139.164.215
216.139.164.232 216.139.164.239
216.139.169.192 216.139.169.199
216.139.172.48 216.139.172.55
216.139.172.80 216.139.172.87
216.139.172.224 216.139.172.239
216.139.172.248 216.139.172.255
216.139.173.144 216.139.173.159
216.139.176.32 216.139.176.39
216.139.176.88 216.139.176.103
216.139.176.120 216.139.176.143
216.139.176.152 216.139.176.159
216.139.176.176 216.139.176.183
216.139.179.64 216.139.179.95
216.139.185.32 216.139.185.79
216.250.213.144 216.250.213.159
216.250.213.224 216.250.213.239
217.23.111.0 217.23.111.31
217.77.240.243 217.77.240.243
217.77.242.214 217.77.242.214

To the best of my knowledge, you can use Regular Expressions in your .htaccess to specify the ranges, which might reduce the size of your .htaccess somewhat, and might also help with performance, but I still don't envy the task of creating that list, or even creating the script to automate creating that list.

The method for doing it with PHP would be to grab the IP of the visitor, and perform a whois (many stats modules do this all the time). If the country code is ZA, then they are from South Africa.

In order to prevent too much strain on the site, my cheapo solution would be to duplicate your template, and have an identical copy for the home page, and the original as the default. Modify the home page template to do the IP check, and redirect or whatever. This way, you will not be doing the checking for every page, so less of a performance hit. Of course, bookmarks into the site would still work, so I don't know if it would appease the party suing you.

Finally, and this is really a cheapskate idea, but why about amending the site's terms and conditions, and explicitly disallowing access from South Africa? Plenty of sites use this technique to avoid legal troubles from countries where access might be unlawful. I am sure that it would make your opponent very unhappy, because it would have zero practical impact, but it would go a long way towards undercutting their legal grounds for suing you.

Best of luck, and if you want to pursue the PHP ip lookup option, let me know, I might be able to help.

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Re: banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago
- LOL i was gonna post the IP's here too but was just too long. I see you've put two on each line though
  
  In order to prevent too much strain on the site, my cheapo solution would be to duplicate your template, and have an identical copy for the home page, and the original as the default. Modify the home page template to do the IP check, and redirect or whatever. This way, you will not be doing the checking for every page, so less of a performance hit. Of course, bookmarks into the site would still work, so I don't know if it would appease the party suing you.
  
  I read somewhere about writing a script to check for the existence of an existing session. If there is no existing session, then check up on the IP, otherwise, ignore it. Pity I can't remember where... the author provided the checking code.
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Re: banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago
- GollumX wrote:
  LOL i was gonna post the IP's here too but was just too long. I see you've put two on each line though
  
  Actually, each of those IP's represents the start and end points of a range, so typing them in one at a time would be thousands of lines.
  
  In order to prevent too much strain on the site, my cheapo solution would be to duplicate your template, and have an identical copy for the home page, and the original as the default. Modify the home page template to do the IP check, and redirect or whatever. This way, you will not be doing the checking for every page, so less of a performance hit. Of course, bookmarks into the site would still work, so I don't know if it would appease the party suing you.
  
  I read somewhere about writing a script to check for the existence of an existing session. If there is no existing session, then check up on the IP, otherwise, ignore it. Pity I can't remember where... the author provided the checking code.
  
  I don't know what I was smoking this morning, but the template replication is not needed. A module that is on the first page would suffice. I like the session idea, though, as that makes for a really clean way to get it done.
  
  The only real flaw that I see with this approach is that proxy services would zip right past such a block. I'm guessing that Damo could care less about actually blocking the site, however, and merely wants his antagonists to take a long walk off a short peer (metaphorically speaking, of course).
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Re: banning countries using htaccess

Posted 17 years 4 months ago

Matthew wrote:

GollumX wrote:

LOL i was gonna post the IP's here too but was just too long. I see you've put two on each line though

Actually, each of those IP's represents the start and end points of a range, so typing them in one at a time would be thousands of lines.

Oh ok. I didn't really look hard enough. I assumed you'd just use CIDR blocks.

# Entire IPV4 Address range for SOUTH AFRICA (ZA)
# IP's below based on registry information obtained on Jun-29-2007
# Always make sure your data is fresh -- Update monthly to be sure!!
# IP's: 10,677,504
# Distinct CIDR Blocks: 764 (Overlaps removed)
41.160.0.0/12
41.192.0.0/14
41.198.0.0/16
41.204.192.0/19
41.206.192.0/19
41.207.224.0/19
41.208.0.0/18
41.208.192.0/18
41.221.0.0/20
41.222.32.0/21
41.222.48.0/21
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41.223.60.0/22
41.223.68.0/22
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41.223.236.0/22
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41.240.0.0/13
66.8.0.0/17
66.18.64.0/19
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137.158.0.0/16
137.214.0.0/15
139.53.0.0/16
143.128.0.0/16
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146.64.0.0/16
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168.206.0.0/16
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169.129.0.0/16
169.202.0.0/16
192.33.10.0/24
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- hey by the way, good to have you back Mathew
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- thanks for help here guys.
  i could just use za instead of the ip though?
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- If you follow the instructions below in the link (below) then you can just use ZAGollumX wrote:
  The better way requires that your host have a GEOIP module and mod_rewrite installed on the server. Email them asking for this. With this you can redirect your visitors from South Africa to a page saying your site is offline ... you can even make a copy of the default windows "site unavailable' page. You can also send them to a page with affiliate or adsense links, or you can send them to my site
  
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- cheers again GollumX. its done. i just hope it works.
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