Can CGI/Perl do this???

[Rockrz]

How do I block an IP number of someone who is a real a** from viewing my business website?

He's using Roadrunner, so I'm hoping his IP number should be fairly constant.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this and/or where to find a script that can do this would be greatly appreciated!

[azizur_rahman]

im sure it is possible.

you seems to be thining the opposite of what other thinks, everyone wants people to come and you want to block.

[roneill]

Also look at using a .htaccess file. Basically you would put

DENY the offending IP address

and load it up to your site.

[noddy]

I would not personally do this because you are still able to block out other users who may have the same IP but on another network so I would not reccomend blocking this person.

What is the reason you want to block one indvidual?

[Niche_Digger]

First time poster so pardon my url posting etiquette...

The following script is set up to block out a user based on their domain name. However, you can set it up for IPs too by changing REMOTE_HOST to REMOTE_ADDR in your config file.

http://www.kastle.net/products/hostredirect/

I tested the results of the script and it does block out domains as well as IPs.

[eych]

Originally posted by roneill
Also look at using a .htaccess file. Basically you would put

DENY the offending IP address

and load it up to your site.

I absolutely agree. This situation can only be solved by using server software restrictations (ie .htaccess if you are using Apache).

You CAN do it in Perl, but you can do it on the application level only. For example, if you have forums software installed on you site, you can theoretically ban a user with a certain ip from using this software, but NOT from using your whole site.

Look into .htaccess bases solution.