blocking queries

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Tue Dec 14 01:08:43 UTC 1999


Barry Margolin wrote:

> In article <833p5c$882 at catapult.gatech.edu>,
> Andrew <andrew at 3.1415926.org> wrote:
> >Is there a directive I can put somewhere to block
> >queries from a specific IP address?
>
> options {
>   allow-query { !1.2.3.4; any; };
>   ...
> };

Oops, I forgot that option in my previous message. Thanks, Barry. That's if you
want to *explicitly* refuse the queries, which could be more or less rude than
blackholing them, depending on why they are using your server in the first place,
i.e. out of ignorance or malice.


- Kevin




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