ip-restrictions

I have a socket server that listens and accepts connections from client, which works as follow: ... do some pre-processing (socket, binds, etc) //listen to client if (listen(sockfd, BACKLOG) == -1) { perror("listen"); exit(1); } printf("server: waiting for connections...\n"); while(1) { // main accept() loop sin_size = sizeof client_addr; new_fd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&their_addr, &sin_size); if (new_fd == -1) { perror("accept"); continue; } //do something ..... ..... } How can I restrict the server so it only accepts connection from specific IP addresses? For instance, I can

Trying to block directory access from everyone except 1 IP address. This .htaccess code blocks access but it blocks access to everything including images, css, etc. What do I need to change? RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^XX\.XXX\.XX\.XXX$ RewriteRule ^hidedirectory(.*)$ http://site.com/ [R,L] Anyone accessing mysite.com/hidedirectory except me should redirect to mysite.com. Is there a better, more secure way to do this including something like an http response code? Better way is to do this in your .conf file: <Directory /hidedirectory> options -Indexes Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from