How to block or allow countries using GeoIP and .htaccess

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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  
  
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

List of Country Code from Maxmind

http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/codes/iso3166/

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