Country locking

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by alex05, Nov 9, 2008.

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    Hello guys , is there a way to lock a country to see my website ? I need to lock all the traffic coming from any other country (or most of all) except for italy , is this possible ?
     
    alex05, Nov 9, 2008 IP
  2. crivion

    crivion Notable Member

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    one idea would be to use geoip from maxmind or another who detects visitors country then do a conditional if like
    if(country != Italy) render 404 error
    pm me if you need help
     
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    newzone Well-Known Member

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    yes maxmind is the best but you can also use .htaccess to allow only the ips from Italy.
     
    newzone, Nov 9, 2008 IP