Blocking IP address with .htaccess

[Jessej]

I have a competitor that keeps lurking on my site, how do I block his IP address? This starting to become a problem. I have tried a simple >htaccess file and it seems that it shut down my site. I removed it so if there is anyone that could help me test it that would be great.
Cheers

[Lhotch]

As Ive mentioned before the best bet is to use your web providers control panel to specify an IP if they offer that feature. If not a google search for "htaccess block ip" will return all the info you should need.

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess5.shtml

http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_block.html

also keep in mind your host may or may not allow this functionality, only they will be able to tell you for sure.

[cheesegrits]

Originally Posted by Jessej

I have a competitor that keeps lurking on my site, how do I block his IP address? This starting to become a problem. I have tried a simple >htaccess file and it seems that it shut down my site. I removed it so if there is anyone that could help me test it that would be great.
Cheers

If you want to post the content of your htaccess, I can tell you what you ware doing wrong.

-- hugh

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Originally Posted by Jessej

I have a competitor that keeps lurking on my site, how do I block his IP address?

Of course, unless he/she has a static IP address, that may not help you. Most ISPs use a DHCP server which means that the IP address could change.

[Jessej]

<Limit GET>
order allow,deny
deny from 193.41.*.*
allow from all
</Limit>

Is the code?
This guy will not leave my site alone.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

I would NOT recommend that you do this as you are blocking a full class B block.

This means that NO ONE that uses any IP address from 193.41.0.1 through 193.41.255.255 will be able to access your site. That's ALOT of IP addresses and most likely most of the addresses from the same ISP that this individual is on. It's a large enough block that it could actually span more than one ISP (if they are small ISPs).

Just checking. What I'm wondering is, "What is this person doing?" Is he/she being malicious? Is he/she attacking the site, etc.? If that's the case and I assume your getting this info from your logs, then I would report it directly to their ISP as that would be a clear violation of the TOS for use of the ISP access. You can find out exactly who the ISP is by doing a whois on the IP address. Having actual logs to backup your claims of malicious behavior will most definitely suffice almost any ISP I've contacted regarding this in the past. Believe me, I've reported quite a few.

-Mike