How can i block a country from viewing a website?

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    How can i block a country from viewing a website?

    I want to block some countries from viewing the site.
    I have seen i can do this from htaccess? Is this the best way?
    There is a website called blockacountry.com which generates the htaccess code depending on the countries you put in.

    Has anyone tried blockacountry? Any alternatives out there?

    Thanks

    Fuzz
     
    fuzzbuzz, Nov 25, 2009 IP
  2. Sake7

    Sake7 Well-Known Member

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    You can block a country if you know the IPs used by users from there.
     
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  3. fuzzbuzz

    fuzzbuzz Active Member

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    Hi Sake,

    Looking at blockacountry.com this does seem to generate the different country ranges. But if this the best solution or is there another?
     
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    I use maxmind api, and works great fast and reliable, althogh you need to update frequently
     
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    I second for maxmind - has served me well for a while already.
     
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    fuzzbuzz Active Member

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    Hi,


    Just had a look at maxmind. Which service do i need? Does this work via htaccess? Will it slow the site loading?
     
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