Thanks to all for your replies. For the record, <location> is the best option for me. This is the solution I use: edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to add the following section: <Location /> Order Allow,Deny Deny from xx.xx.xx.xx Deny from xx.xx.xx.xx Allow from all </Location> There is nevertheless one thing I would like to do, but I'm afraid I'm too demanding :p Reply to forbidden IP addresses is a page full of informations: Linux distro and version, Apache version, PHP version and all the module versions. Possible to prevent them from being shown? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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