{"id":7087,"date":"2019-02-21T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/?p=7087"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:47:24","slug":"block-ips-htaccess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/windows-reseller-hosting\/windows\/block-ips-htaccess\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Block IPs via an .htaccess file?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Note that the &#8216;.&#8217; in front of htaccess makes this a hidden file. You can create a .htaacess file under your public_html folder and \u00a0block access to your entire site. To block access to a specific folder, add the .htaccess file within that folder. \u00a0For example, to block access to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/domain.com\/demo&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1550849384382000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZC-Smkz01IOB8fFINyZX9MyPAnw\">http:\/\/domain.com\/demo<\/a>, add the .htaccess file under the public_html\/demo folder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<aside id=\"text-16\" class=\"widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-reseller-web-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-saffron-unlimited-499-kickstart.gif\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-cloud-server-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-purple-enterprise-cloud-stak-19.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Enterprise Cloud Stack\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside id=\"text-20\" class=\"extendedwopts-md-center widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nTo block IPs, add the following lines in the .htaccess file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>order allow,deny<br>deny from xxx.x.x.x<br>deny from xxx.x.x.x<br>allow from all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will block IPs xxx.x.x.x and xxx.x.x.x from access your files. 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