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Discussion in 'Website Design' started by seanc, Jan 28, 2014.

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  1. seanc United Kingdom

    seanc Well-Known Member

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    i dont want a certain country to have access to a www site.

    im running cpanel - is it possible to block a whole country ?
     
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    Try using CloudFlare as your DNS, it has this feature
     
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    Which country has annoyed you?...have you just been on holiday and had a bad time;)
     
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    I've never used the feature but I'd imagine that would work
     
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    the country is Cyprus - its a finance website for a client
     
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    If you use Wordpress, add the Wordfence security app, if you go the paid version you can block countries
     
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    I've always just used askimet - $5 per month and it stops nearly all spam without having to block legitimate traffic...
     
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    thanks all for the help, seems to be working, i denied a list of IP's in .htaccess


    now, what i need to do next is:

    if someone hits the site from Cyprus i need it to redirect to a page.

    if someone hits from anywhere else in the world i need it to display the website.


    can this be done?
     
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