How to Block IP Addresses on Linux Using .htaccess

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:01 Written by Victor Gebhardt Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:00

Sometimes you may want to block certain people from visiting your site. They may be trying to guess your password or maybe you simply do not want them to have access to your website. On a Linux plan, this can be handled easily via .htaccess.

In your public_html file should be a file called .htaccess (if there isn’t one, you can simply create an empty file named .htaccess

Open this file in a text editor and at the top of the file insert the following:

Securing Your Dolphin Admin Directory

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 September 2011 05:29 Written by Mscott Friday, 9 September 2011 12:00

Hello and welcome fellow social networkers! Today we are going to secure our Dolphin admin directory using a little Htaccess magic. Htaccess is part of the infrastructure of the Apache Web Server and allows us to control and regulate several features of our website. It should be mentioned that for this security measure to work, it requires you (and anyone else with admin access to your Dolphin website) have a “static” IP address. If you are unfamiliar with that term, a “static IP” is one that never changes. Most of the larger internet providers offer this service at no additional charge and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to add extra security restrictions to their server or hosting account.