Re: [ma-linux] Just when you thought you are done, the - is there - appears
I guess geoff is in the ma-linux list, not in here since the only things i can find in this thread is 3 posts by you. Kinda hard to offer better(tm) sollutions when you don't know what's been suggested before...Perhaps you should try NOT cross-posting? /Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded to my mail, especially Geoff. The best > solution, I think, will be for > me to throw in a login screen, but this has been ruled out. The IP range > solution has lots of > question marks, including what Geoff pointed out. I am basically stuck and > will need any > suggestion (of course, with minimal "question marks") so I can put this big > monster to sleep. > > Thanks again. > > __ > > William Ampeh (x3939) > Federal Reserve Board > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ma-linux] Just when you thought you are done, the - is there - appears
Thanks to all who responded to my mail, especially Geoff. The best solution, I think, will be for me to throw in a login screen, but this has been ruled out. The IP range solution has lots of question marks, including what Geoff pointed out. I am basically stuck and will need any suggestion (of course, with minimal "question marks") so I can put this big monster to sleep. Thanks again. __ William Ampeh (x3939) Federal Reserve Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ma-linux] Just when you thought you are done, the - is there- appears
> The only problem is that WEB server has been configured to allows access to > this > site based on a range of IP address. If a new organization subscribes to > this site > (flat fee, unlimited access only), their IP range is made known to the web > server (the Sys Admin's job). > > So my initial solution was for the Sys Admin to log IP address of all hits > that > were not allowed by the server, then include these in his WEB servers list > of > allowed IPs. The Sys Admin wants to include a range of IP's only (of > course why not?). Pardon me for asking what me seem like a foolish question, but if you're restricting access based on IP addresses (presumably to ensure only paying individuals have access), then are you sure you want to *automatically* add those to the list of allowed IPs? Also, if, for instance, a DSL ISP owns a large block of IPs (like a class B), and a customer of theirs (with, say, 16 addresses) accesses your site, do you want to give access to the entire DSL ISP (65000 hosts) or only 16? I would assume 16, but the arin entries would show the entire block, would they not? > So I said fine. I wrote a script that takes this IP address, queries > http://www.arin.net/whois/ > and then returns the range. -- Geoff Silver "If Bill Gates had a nickel for every time Windows crashed... Oh wait, he does" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ma-linux] Just when you thought you are done, the - is there- appears
William, It sounds like you've found a solution that you like in querying ARIN; what are you asking for help with? Jacob On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a better way to solve this? > > > PROBLEM: > > I have set up a web site for a government big contractor, it currently > works fine. > > The only problem is that WEB server has been configured to allows access to > this > site based on a range of IP address. If a new organization subscribes to > this site > (flat fee, unlimited access only), their IP range is made known to the web > server (the Sys Admin's job). > > So my initial solution was for the Sys Admin to log IP address of all hits > that > were not allowed by the server, then include these in his WEB servers list > of > allowed IPs. The Sys Admin wants to include a range of IP's only (of > course why not?). > > So I said fine. I wrote a script that takes this IP address, queries > http://www.arin.net/whois/ > and then returns the range. > > Now I will like to find out if there is a way to do what I have just > explained. > > Any help will be very much appreciated. > > Thank you, > __ > > William Ampeh (x3939) > Federal Reserve Board > > ___ > ma-linux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/ma-linux > -- When your country turns into a banana republic, make banana bread! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [ma-linux] Just when you thought you are done, the - is there - appears
Well, my boss wants to find out if there is a BETTER solution. I do not want to say NO right away, so I figured why not as around? He might be right. There may be an alternative solution. Personally, I wish there is not. Because I have had it with this project. __ William Ampeh (x3939) Federal Reserve Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
