You mean for the "Easy answer" .. yes ..
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ /^180\.0?76\.0{0,2}6\.\d{1,3}$/) {
(Untested).
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So...
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} eq '180.76.6.175') {
works as
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ /^180\.0?76\.0{0,2}6\.\d{1,3}$/) {
what would a wild card for :
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} eq '180.76.6.') {
and
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} eq '180.76.') {
look like ?
Sorry if the question sounds so noobish, but the use of wildcards for this particular circumstance is beating up my brain. Technically all I am trying to do is put some code in to my program to keep out various IPs that are able to run my progs in the cgi-bin directory EVEN though their IP is totally banned in the .htaccess file. God only knows why the cgi-bin directory does not benefit from the same protection as all other directories under the .htaccess file as it leaves the progs open to abusive bandwidth consumption. | [reply] [Watch: Dir/Any] [d/l] |
The "eq" does not work the same as regular expression pattern matching. The latter is much more powerful.
Your question:
what would a wild card for :
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} eq '180.76.6.') {
is not specific enough. The answer depends on what you want to match against.
For example, to match any digits (actually, between 1 and 3 digits) after the last ".", but require the initial 3 octets to be identical to what is specified, use:
if ($ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} =~/180\.76\.6\.\d{1,3}/) {
My previous post shows a somewhat more flexible regular expression that allows but does not require leading zeros in an octet.
However, as afoken (++) pointed out, this may be too much flexibility if the value you are checking for comes from a "trusted" source, like the CGI module.
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