Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of UoL LAMP HowTo Deny Access from the Internet

Timestamp:

11/05/15 12:24:36 (9 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

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UoL LAMP HowTo Deny Access from the Internet

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+= UoL LAMP HowTo Deny Access from the Internet
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+Tags: [[UoL LAMP Server]] [[HowTo]]
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+== Overview
+
+[[Apache]] can allow or deny access based on IP address, but because the LAMP servers sit behind a [[Pound]] proxy server all the requests come from the same IP address.  [[Pound]] puts the original IP address into an environment variable called {{{X-Forwarded-For}}}.
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+This method was adapted from [[http://hungrygeek.holidayextras.co.uk/ops/2012/09/19/apache-deny-ip-addresses-from-x-forwarded-for-using-setenvif/|Deny IP Address using Setenvif]].
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+== Procedure
+
+1. Add or replace the following lines to the {{{Directory}}} element of the application in the {{{http.conf}}} file.
+
+{{{
+#!xml
+<Directory ... >
+    ...
+    SetEnvIF X-Forwarded-For "(,| |^)143\.210\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}(,| |$)" AllowIP
+    Order deny,allow
+    Deny from all
+    Allow from env=AllowIP
+    ...
+</Directory>
+}}}
+
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