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I'm looking to secure my phpMyAdmin dir from being accessed from other IPs than my own, albeit dynamic IP, let's say it is 191.164.1.xxx (xxx = being dynamic numbers).

Referring to the Apache directive allow from in .htaccess files, can I define only the first static numbers in order to allow anything starting with the defined IP numbers and let it accept any numbers in the same fashion a wildcard works in other contexts?

E.g. would would something like this work? : allow from 191.164.1.

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Yes, if your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 then:

    allow from 191.164.1.0/24

Will allow all hosts in that subnet. 192.164.1.1, 192.164.1.2, 192.164.1.254

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  • Thanks. Just a dumb question, the ending 24, should be 254, right?
    – Henrik
    Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 15:01
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    No. That is CIDR notation. It is based off your network mask. You can cross reference yours with this list. old.tamasrepus.hotnudiegirls.com/pages/…
    – dennis.hempler
    Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 15:05

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