Block All the IP Range OR Not?

To set up another layer of security and to make things simple:

[weble]

Hi Friend,

I've found many crackers from the IP range 203.251.180.x and other IP ranges. To set up another layer of security and to make things simple, if my server's Host ALLOW/DENY Files Settings block all the IP range 203.251.180.x, will anyone from this IP range still be able to open/visit my website? I'm afraid there are still some decent IP owners/users from this IP range who will be unable to visit my website after my server blocks all the range.

Sincerely, I hope anyone can visit my website, but I really do not want that anyone (without rights to log into the same server) can SSHd into, MySqld into, Inetd into or Other-d into my server!

Need your advices/tips.

Thank you very much indeed!

wb

[edited by: jatar_k at 5:36 am (utc) on Mar. 4, 2006]

[jatar_k]

no, if yoou block the range then the whole range will be denied

[kevinpate]

At times blocking ranges, even larger ranges than you have under consideration, can be an acceptable move for a site. Just don't ever grab someone else's deny lists and adopt in whole or in part without knowing the impact of your decision. What's right for their site may or may not be right for your site.