Re: Is it possible to restrict website geographically ?

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 06/07/05

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    Marlon wrote:

    > No. Obviously the website will require authentication, but if you are
    > able to access the website from China and Korea, you should also be
    > able to try few combination of "reset my password" questions/answers
    > to be able to figure out which the password is. Why not just minimize
    > the number of people unathorized to visit the site by restricting this
    > geographically ? Too bad that there is no effective way of retrieving
    > gographical information,
    > because that would be very helpful in situations like this, which
    > only local people should have interest in contents associated with
    > such site.
    >
    Why would anyone except people directly connected with the school want
    to get into it? Why would anyone from China and Korea be interested in
    this site? If you are concerned about website hacking, the way to do it
    is not to worry about geography - the way to do it is to secure your
    webserver! Hackers aren't going to waste time trying to get in through
    the reset my password thing - they'll get in through holes in the
    server.

    If you are considering running your own webserver for the school, based
    on your posts you would be much better off to let a hosting company do
    it for you. I'm not saying this to hurt your feelings, but you really
    need to learn a lot more about webserver security before you set up
    your school's website.

    Malke 

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