authorizing IP's

forcer

i have a webpage that i want to protect. not with passwords but with IP.

if any1 goes to the page i want it to say 'you are not authorized to access this page' ..or an error message of my choice, unless i have added their ip to a log file or something if there ip is allowed they can access the page.

i tried this once using .htaccess but it didnt work because it was using the proxy by my ISP instead of my ip which was blocking me from accessing.

is there a way 2 make it work?

will it work with php?

example code or help appreciated

jplush76

what if your user wants to log in from a different computer? do they have to send you that IP address too?

what if the person isn't tech savy and has no clue what their ip is?

what if they move? get a new ISP service? use a proxy server?

IP isn't a great way to secure a page unless you're talking about you and your 3 friends swapping files at home

forcer

Originally posted by jplush76

IP isn't a great way to secure a page unless you're talking about you and your 3 friends swapping files at home

well yeh thats basically it. only not swapping files. i created something that i need securing, i only want me and a few mates to be able to access it. but using password isnt that secure because it can easily be given out or stolen or whatever and accessed by other people. but with ip they cant

jplush76

well then yea you can definatley use PHP for that purpose.

since its small just create a text file type data storage since you're only storing a few ip addresses and then do a check on the IP variable $REMOTE_ADDR and if they match up then allow access and if not, deny it 🙂

should be fairly simple to setup if I can find any tutorials on it I'll post it for ya

forcer

Originally posted by jplush76
well then yea you can definatley use PHP for that purpose.

since its small just create a text file type data storage since you're only storing a few ip addresses and then do a check on the IP variable $REMOTE_ADDR and if they match up then allow access and if not, deny it 🙂

should be fairly simple to setup if I can find any tutorials on it I'll post it for ya

yeh tutorial would be rgeat coz i dont av a clue what u jus sed (n00b) lol😕

batman

Not sure if this will work or not, but try this:

<?
$ip = $_SERVER['remote_addr'];

$filename = '/path/to/file.txt'; 
    $fp = fopen( $filename, 'r' ); 
    $file_contents = fread( $fp, filesize( $filename ) ); 
    fclose( $fp );
$ips = explode ( "\n", $file_contents );
foreach ( $ips as $line ) 
{
list( $ip2 ) = explode( '', $line );
}
if ( $ip2 == $ip )
{
echo"Your secret message here!!!!";
}
else
{
echo"You are not allowed in here!!";
}        

?>

Now if this is correct, the only thing you will have to do with it is this:
1). Make a txt file with all the ip's that are allowed with an enter inbetween each one.
Example:

ip1
ip2
ip3
ip4
ip5

2). Then modify the above script to point to the nessecarry file.

-Blake