Blocking (part of) a web site for certain IP numbers

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Alternatively, you can set up the same in your apache configuration file /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. Add a section there that looks like example 3.

• order deny, allow
  The Deny directives are evaluated before the Allow directives. Access is allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny directive or does match an Allow directive will be allowed access to the server.
• order allow, deny
  The Allow directives are evaluated before the Deny directives. Access is denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access to the server.

	#--- example 1 ----------------------------------------------- # text file .htaccess in protected directory # blocking IP range 216.239.0.0 - 216.239.255.255 (Google.com) order allow,deny deny from 216.239.0.0/16 #--- example 2 ----------------------------------------------- # text file .htaccess in protected directory # blockig AOL users order allow,deny deny from .aol.com #--- example 3 ----------------------------------------------- # add this section to your httpd.conf file and restart apache <Directory /www/no_aol/> order allow,Deny deny from .aol.com </Directory>