Re: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed

2014-04-09 Thread Vávra Jan
There could be a problem with reverse dns records. Eg. a hostname www.example.com is translated to ip address x.x.x.x But if the Apache Server asks what is the name of x.x.x.x adress, it could get nothing or a response www.somethingelse.com. So this could be your problem. Jan. 2014-04-09 10:26

RE: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed

2014-04-09 Thread pratibha.dhankhar
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 1:57 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed To be honest I don't want to end up having to maintain the IP blocks that correspond to the computers that are sending the requests, which is why I tried using the partial do

Re: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed

2014-04-09 Thread Ramon Casha
To be honest I don't want to end up having to maintain the IP blocks that correspond to the computers that are sending the requests, which is why I tried using the partial domain name. The apache documentation seems to suggest this would work: A (partial) domain-name Example:

Re: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed

2014-04-09 Thread Oren
Hi Ramon. Why use apache for the block and not a firewall? its not apache related but i think its a better way of doing that. You can add those addresses to blocking rules and reduce the load on the apache before they even reach it. I am not sure which os you use but there are simple ways of doi

Re: [users@httpd] Access control advice needed

2014-04-09 Thread Jan Vávra
Hello, try to use an IP address or subnet instead of .broad.pt.fj.dynamic.163data.com.cn Jan. Access control advice needed I have a website running drupal which is currently under a continuous botnet attack, which is causing major performance issues. I'm trying to use apache's access control