Blocking Range

[keyplyr]

How would condense this range?

122.122.0.0 - 122.122.255.255

Thanks

[jdMorgan]

Hi keyplyr,

Just leave the last two octets off completely, and don't use an end-anchor: ^122\.122\. will match anything that starts with "122.122."

Jim

[keyplyr]

- related -

...which brings up the issue about ending anchors. This other IP range...

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^123\.123\.144\.1[1-3]$

Should have that ending anchor huh?
(I didn't have it there)

Thanks

<added>

I've decide on blocking the entire range that includes the above IPs.

123.123.128.0 - 123.123.159.255

So it would be like this?

123\.123\.1[28-59]\.

[jdMorgan]

Include an end anchor only if you specify all digits. Leave it off if your pattern ends with "\."

Your code to block the range looks OK.

Jim

[tito]

please, is the following code correct to block a specific IP (single IP, not a range)?!?
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^218.****.**.**$ [OR]

also please, what about the following:
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} "^63\.148\.99\.2(2[4-9]¦[3-4][0-9]¦5[0-5])$" [OR]
do i have to include IP between " as above mentioned or not?

thanks for help

[jdMorgan]

Tito,

You need to escape the dots between numbers by preceding them with "\" OR enclose the whole pattern within quotes.

Jim

[tito]

Thanks jdMorgan, pls confirm me if i get to the point, i will write to block a single IP :
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^218.****.**.**$ [OR]

and to block a range, like this:
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^63\.148\.99\.2(2[4-9]¦[3-4][0-9]¦5[0-5])$ [OR]

sorry to bother you but i'm just a beginner, i'm actually digging into rewriting rules, hopefully i'll do better in a few days,
thanks again
tito

[hakre]

hi tito for some more infos about regular expressions, you can checkout these threads:

regular expression basics [webmasterworld.com]
Regular expressions - A bit of a reference [webmasterworld.com]

to know the regular expressions helps a lot for writing rewrites.
-hakre

[tito]

Thanks for the food for thoughts Hakre, that's exactly what i need.

cheers
tito