> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Albert McCann > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 2:01 PM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: .htaccess file > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On > > Behalf Of TE Dukes > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 10:36 AM > > > My home system on a DSL line is getting worn out by bad behavior robots. > > > Awhile back, I created a .htaccess file that block countries by IP blocks. > > Its 2MB in size. > > ... > > So, today, I tried following the directions for apache.org website, > > https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html to move the > > .htaccess > > What version of CentOS are you using? > > For 7.x, and I think 6.x, there is a much simpler way of doing this, using > mod_geoip from the Epel repository. > > It rejects all unwanted HTTP connections using 403 responses. Here's an > example geoip.conf file, which is what I'm using: > > ---- > <IfModule mod_geoip.c> > GeoIPEnable On > GeoIPDBFile /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat MemoryCache > GeoIPOutput Env > # Proxies > SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE A1 BlockCountry #Country blocks > SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE TR BlockCountry > SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE IR BlockCountry #... more countries using > the two char country code </IfModule> > ---- > On C7 this file goes here /etc/httpd/conf.d/geoip.conf > > Make sure that /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-geoip.conf loads the library > file, and is not remarked out with a #. > > There is more info on mod_geoip here (but use the installation from Epel) > though: > > http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/mod_geoip2/ > > I run a server for personal family purposes, and use this to block many of the > places my family doesn't live... > > Al McCann > Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse. [Thomas E Dukes] Thanks, I'll take a look at that as well. I am getting hit on several services but httpd is getting the majority. Thanks!! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos