How to block or allow countries using GeoIP and .htaccess
From Brian Nelson Ramblings
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How to block or allow countries using GeoIP and .htaccess
First you will want to to install GeoIP and mod_geoip
Block Countries using GeoIP and .htaccess
The following will deny from China, North Korea, South Korea
GeoIPEnable On # Put countries to deny here SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE CN DenyCountry SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE KR DenyCountry SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE KP DenyCountry SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE <Country Code> DenyCountry Allow from all Deny from env=DenyCountry
Allow Countries using GeoIP and .htaccess
The following will allow only from US, Canada and Mexico
GeoIPEnable On # Put countries to allow here SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE US AllowCountry SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE CA AllowCountry SetEnvIf GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE MX AllowCountry Deny from all Allow from env=AllowCountry
Redirect to Specific page based on Country
The following will redirect United States and Canada traffic to the /USA folder
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^(US|CA)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/USA/$1 [L]
