[ILUG] Sort of OT'ish - irish ip address ranges

[Ruairi Hickey]

Frank Duignan wrote:

>Does anyone know if is possible to restrict access to hosts from within Ireland
>only?  The reason I ask is that I've noticed most breakin attempts on machines
>I manage emanate from abroad.  I was sort of thinking of allowing access only
>to hosts within know irish ip-address ranges (or is this daft?)
>
>f.
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If you're trying to block access to apache you can you a .htaccess file 
to block ranges of ip addresses... I do this with ip-cellular nigeria 
after they ignored emails I sent them about misuse of a webmail server I 
control...

Ruairi