Re: Filtering based on domains

[Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>]

On 09/26/07 09:05, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I have never used GeoIP my self so I can't say for sure, but it was my 
> (mis)understanding that GeoIP was intended to associate IP ranges with 
> specific countries.  Thus the OPs request may seems to be a perfect 
> match for GeoIP.  But seeing as how I have never used it my self, I 
> don't know how it is implemented.  I have not really given it any 
> thought...
> 
> If you know any more about GeoIP please enlighten me.  TIA

I just did some quick reading on GeoIP and found that it uses a local 
database rather than using DNS lookups.  So, this probably would be a 
viable solution for the OP.

Of course this presumes that the OP is wanting to restrict access to / 
from the source / destination IP address domain and not the domain of 
pages being served by the web server.  For this, the OP would need some 
sort of layer 7 filtering, say a filtering proxy server, ala Squid.

Again, if I'm wrong, or misunderstood something please let me know.



Grant. . . .