blocking specific countries in .htaccess?

i have some specific countries that comes and are submitting links to my directory,can someone tell if possible to block those countries by adding something in main .htaccess file?

if yes,please provide a example here how to do it,

i have few countries ,like .ch .pl and others,

thank you for any advice...

Look on the left side of http://software77.net/geo-ip/ and you can list of all the IPs from a country. Then you have to get all those addresses into htaccess like this
order allow,deny
deny from 127.0.0.1
deny from 127.0.0.2
deny from 127.0.0.3
allow from all

If you have root access, a server admin can block a country in 30 seconds, but with htaccess, so far as I know, it is a little more work.

You could do it in php using the free dtabase from maxmind and a little code in the init.php OR

you can go here and get the ip ranges

http://www.find-ip-address.org/ip-country/


though you can end up with a HUGE htaccess.

IF your own server install CSF and it will allow you to block countries easily

hi,and thanks for your advice!

i found this website here:

http://www.ip2location.com/blockvisitorsbycountry.aspx


and i choose the few countries that i see submition is coming from
and i highlight them and create a deny list and past it into my .htaccess,
now hope that works...

long list from only 5 countries!

Content visible to registered users only.

countries: ch,pl,co.za,si,uk.

list is longer than what i posted here..

thanks

I found a great site for this I have been getting them from ip ranges in India here is the site I found
http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/ip_...get_ranges.php

what ever i did ,i am still getting the submitting from those countries...

offf....

I blocked them in my server Firewall Waiting to see if it worked. CSF is a nice Firewall for VPS and Dedicated servers

i host with hostmonster dot com my site ,can they do that...or maybe not..

if using csf save overhead and use the country blocking option


@boscani28 they wont do it on a shared server since others are on the server and they probably want the traffic

Content visible to registered users only.

In config of CSF look for CC_DENY = and in the box put in the country code

CSF will probably not work for most here as CSF is usually reserved for VPS or dedicated servers. In which case, your web host (with much luck) may agree to installing mod_geoip. Works very well, but more overhead compared to CSF. Then, you can easily and readily ban countries per directory via mod_geoip directives in your top .htacess file. For example (to block from China):

Content visible to registered users only.

because there is not good answer user end....your host/server admin would be better suited to block incoming ips/domains/countries.