Restrict Web Interface Logins by Country and/or Region
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
LuxSci has for a long time allowed account administrators to restrict from which IP addresses their users are permitted to login to the web interface. Administrators can specify a list of IP addresses and IP blocks (CIDR blocks) along with a list of users exempt from these restrictions.
This service has been expanded. Now, account administrators can restrict logins based on a chosen combination of countries and/or regions. When a user tries to login to the web interface, that user’s IP Address is converted into the location from which s/he appears to be and that is compared to the list of allowed locations.
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