IP block for website Please help!!!!

I have no clue where else to go.. I'm in desperate need of an IP blocking code or whatever..

I've tried doing it myself but nothing I've tried works. >.<

The IP address is static.. I'm just tired of this person coming in to steal my work, and my ideas. I'm sick of it.

The sooner the better please help someone!
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Any good web host provides a control panel that allows you to block an IP address. Do you not have one?

What server are you using? Apache, IIS, other?


I have to ask though why you think this person is coming in and stealing your work and/or ideas. And what exactly is s/he stealing?

This person I suspect is another artist who had a disagreement with me.. quite personal. And I'm protecting my artwork from them.

My host does not provide me with those options. It only provides service for a little over a dozen websites, it's very small time.. URL

Server is/allows (I'm not great with this stuff) : Apache, php, mySQL, Perl and more.. it's quite flexible.. but I can't get anything to work block wise..

I tried the .htaccess route but that doesn't work.. either that or my computer's not sending it through right.

I'm using Dreamweaver MX, and my computer's an i-book with operating system 9.1

If you can help me, I'd really appreciate it. This is very important to me. It needs to be resolved now.

Lots of options. I don't know what you tried in .htaccess, but I would think that would be the easiest to implement.

Thanks a million I'll update later on how its working

Use this.

Assuming your using Apache, go to your httpd.conf file and add this block (preferable with the other <Directory... 's>

<Directory "C:/directory/blah/blah">
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from IP_address_here
</Directory>

Multiple ip addresses are seperated by spaces.

Studiobunni,

Perhaps a little odd question, but why publish your work on the internet if you're afraid someone might want to steal it? It's more a rethorical question, because I understand that you want to show and promote your artwork (which is nice btw).

By denying a single IP-address to your website, you only make it harder for this one person to access your website, but not impossible. If he really is and wants to steal things from your website, he just has to get to another computer. And are you sure it is this one person? It might very well be some kind of proxy and by denying access to this IP number, you deny access to a hole bunch of people.

Perhaps you might want to consider some kind of protection for the pictures on you website. Although it is not easy (and I even don't know how to start with it) there are possibilities so that people even can't make screenshots! Or perhaps you should stick to putting low quality samples on your website.

Well, whatever you do, good luck with it. I just wanted to let you know what I was thinking ...

Looking at the sites stats(I didn't look before, it looks like it probably is a proxy. Unique IP addresses don't have domain names after it as IIRC). And how do you know that IP is stealing your work?

Well, that would be not so easy, not to say impossible. You could try and get to the server logs and look up which IP is accessing which files. But that won't tell you much. It could as well be an avid fan.

And what's more. Most regular surfers don't have a static IP number. It changes now and then. So different IP numbers could as well be the same person.

Securing your site on the basis of IP numbers doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

Another way (more tedious) would be to have an entrance site and then have people fill out an application and then you give them a password via email or a forum (Private messages of course). I don't think this is such a good idea either though.. You could have a login/password thingy on your site though..