* Joshua Slive <jslive@xxxxxxxxx> [0737 18:37]: > On 7/25/05, Dick Davies <rasputnik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > but since we're just matching a string (REMOTE_ADDR) with no network information > > it isn't going to cut it for the last two sites. > > > > Am I really going to have to have one line for each possible starting string > > for each of the last two subnets? > Well, you will need to build a regex that does the matches. But you > won't need one for every starting string. You can use stuff like > RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^10\.0\.11[2-9]\.* > RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^10\.0\.12[0-7]\.* > which I believe should get the intention of your first line. (Note > also the correct regex escaping of the '.'.) Thanks Joshua, just needed some confirmation I wasn't missing anything obvious (the escaping in my post was adhoc, was'nt sure if mod_rewrite needs .* or * to match 'anything'). The technique below is interesting too, thanks for the idea. > Alternative techniques include using a RewriteMap to list all the > address (at least down to the /24 level), or going back to mod_access. > For example, you could do something like > Order Allow,Deny > Allow from 10.0.112.0/20 > Allow from 10.19.64.0/22 > ErrorDocument 403 https://server.domain > (That doesn't necessarily get you to the right exact page. For that, > you'd need to > point your ErrorDocument at a CGI script to do the redirection.) -- 'That question was less stupid, though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.' -- Prof. Farnsworth Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx