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HOW DO I BLOCK WHOLE COUNTRIES FROM WEBSITE

  • 11-03-2009 02:47PM
    #1
    TheGrinch50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭


    Could somebody please tell me (in simple English) how to block a whole country from my website? It's not really my website but I am running it for my daughter in her absence, and I am demented with spammers. I have tried blocking country IP addresses but somehow, I also managed to block my own and other Irish IP addresses in the process. Below is what I have copied and pasted from the IP Deny Manager on the website but it is all double dutch to me.


    Add an IP to deny:
    IP Address or Domain:

    Note: You can specify denied IP adresses in the following formats:

    10.5.3.333 Single IP Address
    10.5.3.3-10.5.3.40 Range
    10.5.3.5-40 Implied Range
    10.5.3.3/32 CIDR Format
    10. Implies 10.*.*.*


    Thanks in advance.
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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,945 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    TheGrinch50 wrote: »
    Could somebody please tell me (in simple English) how to block a whole country from my website? It's not really my website but I am running it for my daughter in her absence, and I am demented with spammers. I have tried blocking country IP addresses but somehow, I also managed to block my own and other Irish IP addresses in the process. Below is what I have copied and pasted from the IP Deny Manager on the website but it is all double dutch to me.


    Add an IP to deny:
    IP Address or Domain:

    Note: You can specify denied IP adresses in the following formats:

    10.5.3.333 Single IP Address
    10.5.3.3-10.5.3.40 Range
    10.5.3.5-40 Implied Range
    10.5.3.3/32 CIDR Format
    10. Implies 10.*.*.*


    Thanks in advance.

    10.x.x.x are restricted local only addresses, you're not going to block any internet users that way, just your local traffic.


  • #3
    TheGrinch50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭TheGrinch50


    I didn't use that as I haven't a clue what it means. That is just the example which is given on the website. At the moment, I only know how to block single IP addresses and that's not much good unless the spammers have a fixed IP address.


  • #4
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,945 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    TheGrinch50 wrote: »
    I didn't use that as I haven't a clue what it means. That is just the example which is given on the website. At the moment, I only know how to block single IP addresses and that's not much good unless the spammers have a fixed IP address.

    What web server is it?


  • #5
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    http://www.blockacountry.com/

    That generates a list of country IPs. It mentions .htaccess but you can use the IP Deny Manager instead to use the list it generates.

    [edit] http://www.countryipblocks.net/index.php would be better - it generates the list in CIDR format instead of a .htaccess_deny list


  • #6
    TheGrinch50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭TheGrinch50


    I found the country IP block. Now I would like to know which of the sets of numbers below, I should put into my IP Deny Manager.

    IP Address: 78.3.67.11 is located within the following Network:
    Network: 78.0.0.0
    CIDR: 78.0.0.0/14
    Mask: 78.0.0.0/255.252.0.0
    Network Range: 78.0.0.0 - 78.3.255.255
    Total addresses: 262,144

    Sorry to keep asking the questions but I am a total novice at all this jargon.

    And in response to the person who asked, the web host is www.letshost.ie

    The above numbers are for demonstration purposes only and I am sorry if they correspond with any member's IP address.


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  • #7
    TheGrinch50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭TheGrinch50


    Macros42 wrote: »
    http://www.blockacountry.com/

    That generates a list of country IPs. It mentions .htaccess but you can use the IP Deny Manager instead to use the list it generates.

    [edit] http://www.countryipblocks.net/index.php would be better - it generates the list in CIDR format instead of a .htaccess_deny list

    Brilliant. I understand now how to block the countries. Thanks a million.


  • #8
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 98,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/

    edit the noads.pac to exclude by the tld
    eg blocking .ru .la


    in the meantime if using firefox get noscript and adblock


  • #9
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,873 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    For anyone on linux:

    http://bugsplatter.id.au/cc2ip/


  • #10
    TheGrinch50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭TheGrinch50


    I was actually trying to stop people from registering on the website as it is mainly for recycling unwanted goods and it would be of no interest to people outside Ireland. I am able to stop them from posting on the forums but I can't prevent them from contacting admin, with the result I am getting quite a lot of disgusting spam.

    I will go along with the response I got from Macros42 as I understand how to use this.

    Just in case anybody is interested, the name of the site is: itsinmyway.com

    I don't know if I am allowed to post the name here, but apologies if I am not and I am sure the mods will remove it.

    Thanks again to everybody who offered help and any further suggestions will be truly welcomed. As I stated earlier, I am a novice at all this and my computer skills are very limited.


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