How to Block an IP address range using the .htaccess file

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Msy Marina picture Msy Marina · Aug 28, 2013 · Viewed 67k times · Source

I have detected that a range of IP addresses may be used in a malicious way and I don't know how to block it.

I would like to block the range 66.249.74.* from accessing my website by using the .htaccess file.

Answer

Prix picture Prix · Aug 28, 2013

You could use:

Order Allow,Deny
Deny from 66.249.74.0/24
Allow from all

Or you could use this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^66\.249\.74\.
RewriteRule ^ - [F]

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