How do I block an IP address

[Floorman]

I have a competitor with issue, I want to block his IP form viewing my site,how do I do that

[wisemx]

...That being the case I'd suggest you redirect instead.
Depending on which web technology you are using you can track the IP, log it into a DB, then redirect to a useless page or site.
I actually did this with the official FBI site in the past.
Salute,
Mark


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[wisemx]

. . .Note: I believe we covered this via personal Emails.

For all who are curious these two sites can be searched for the Code needed:
stackoverflow.com/search?q=block+IP (http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=block+IP)
www.dotnetkicks.com/search?q=block+IP&page=1 (http://www.dotnetkicks.com/search?q=block+IP&page=1)
Salute,
Mark


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[Floorman]

tell me more.

how do i do it?

[bruce]

if you know their ip, we can block it with an IIS setting.

Note that it is rather useless to block IP because anyone can use a anonymizer to view your site.

Bruce

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[wisemx]

...Agreed, that is what I told him in the last personal Email.

Not much we can do about it whille the outdated stateless Internet exists.

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