banning a country from my site

[mbrowne12589]

I want to ban a country from my site. Do i do this or do you have to? also, can i switch this feature on and off myself once it is setup? thank you

 

[Skizzerz]

To ban a country from your site, go to http://www.countryipblocks.net/ and in the right column choose ".htaccess deny" and the country you wish to block.
Then copy/paste the result into your .htaccess file in public_html. To unblock it remove those entries from .htaccess

(Disclaimer: the linked website is in no way endorsed by or affiliated with x10Hosting)

 

[descalzo]

Don't think that will work with the load balancing set up. allow/deny only sees the IP of the balancer.

EDIT/ADD:

Code to block one IP, tested and works on Chopin.

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-For}     ^130\.65\.11\.68$  
RewriteRule ^(.*)$  you-are-not-welcomed-here.html [L]