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Is there a way to block users from a particular region. Currently I have compiled a list of over 100 IP addresses that I block in my .htaccess file. Unfortunately as the list grows I see a great number of offenders come for the same areas, like China. Can I block that entire country? Or region?

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Are you really prepared to firewall off a billion people because of 100 bad apples? – sarnold Feb 27 '11 at 6:18
Yep! They are not a part of my market but a few rotten tomatoes spoil the experience for my community here. And I'd like to add to it Korea too. – santa Feb 27 '11 at 6:19
Isn't this taking the naughty & nice thing a little bit too far? :-) – David Gelhar Feb 27 '11 at 6:21
Not sure what you mean. When you site with thousands of members goes blank for a few hours -- is it time to be nice? – santa Feb 27 '11 at 6:24

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Use GeoMax lite to identify the country and block them. mod_geoip apache module can help you in what you want to do.

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You can try this in the .htaccess file:

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
Country: China
ISO Code: CN
allow from all
</Limit>
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