Apache :: Block the IP for one hour if it accessed certain file

takfuji · Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 7 Location: JP

Am using Apache 2.4. Want to deny accesses from scrapers for, say, one hour. How can I do it?
Have one file hidden in the index page to detect a scraper, so, what I want to do is:

"Block the IP which accesseed this file for one hour."

Looked into Apache documentation spending two days but could not find appropriate directive so far.
Bast regards. Tak

Nigel-Aves · Joined: 21 Feb 2017 Posts: 3 Location: US, CO, Longmont

Your best solution is to use the firewall as a block.

I don't have the same issue as yourself, but I believe you can use mod_security to protect a directory (this will block IPs), but from there it's best to pass the mod_security log to fail2ban that can then interact at the firewall level.

Hope this points you in a good direction.

takfuji · Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 7 Location: JP

Thanks, Nigel-Aves,
Am not familiar with fail2ban. Will look into it in detail.
Have just glanced the fail2ban page now, it looks promissing.
Tak

maba · Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 64 Location: Germany, Heilbronn

Also depends on the platform.

On Linux you can use iptables to do quite sophisticated rules. But ApacheLounge is more Windows oriented.

On Windows you would have to script things yourself.

takfuji · Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 7 Location: JP

Am on Windows. Found that the fail2ban is not for Windows.
Thanks anyway.

Almost giving up and taking an alternative to limit bandwidth for the specific IP.
Tak