[Lvlug] Re: restricting webserver access

[Faber Fedor]

On 08/09/05 13:42 -0400, Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Thursday 08 September 2005 12:01 pm, Faber Fedor wrote:
> >     Order allow,deny
> >     Deny from all
> >     Allow from 127.0.0.1
> >
> > </Directory>
> >
> > And it doesn't work.  Access is denied from EVERYWHERE, including
> > 127.0.0.1.
> 
> I was going to respond to your last post, but I came back here (first) to 
> explain how I interpret this.  
> 
> That seems to make perfect sense to me, with the following 
> interpretation/assumptions:
> 
>    * the order (sequence) of the 2nd and 3rd lines doesn't matter, it is 
> overruled by the "Order allow, deny" line

Right...

>    * So, first, access is allowed from 127.0.0.1

Right...

>    * But then, access is denied from all (so the allowed access to 127.0.0.1 
> is overruled)

Okay.  _That_ makes sense but it's not what I would have thought.  I'll have to test it to see if you're right.

> 
> Randy Kramer
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