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

[Frank Duignan]

Thanks Rory, that's getting me a bit closer to the "holy grail" of
an adaptive, country specific firewall.
f.

On 5/30/05, Rory Browne <rory.browne at gmail.com> wrote:
> ip-to-country.com I think has a free ip/country database.
> 
> some sites, such as the php site use something like that to determine
> which mirror to send you to.
> 
> On 5/30/05, Frank Duignan <frank.duignan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Its really just ssh access for maintenance purposes that I want
> > to secure
> >
> > On 5/30/05, Ruairi Hickey <ruairi.hickey at dkit.ie> wrote:
> > > 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 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
> > >
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