Re: [Hampshire] apache block invalid IP address

> Hi, I'm seeing user registration attempts on one of my forums with an IP
> address of "."

Well, that's not an IP address. There's something odd going on in your
logging. I've never seen this, and I've been unable to find out what it
means; which version of Apache do you have, and what log formats are
specified in your config?

> How can I block (403) either an IP address of "." or an invalid IP
> address using the .htaccess file?

Once you know the address (or range) to block, it's trivial:

<Files user_register.pl>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from 78.157.143.128/25
ErrorDocument 403 /errordocs/sodoffspammer.html
</Files>

ASdd to the "Deny from" list as appropriate...

Vic.