I have a site where I have had to put a bunch of IP`s and sites on the forbidden list.I was just looking at my log and that is a lot of wasted traffic daily so I want to at least show them some ads on the 403 page. I found the following .htaccess rule on another forum:
Code:
errordocument 403 /error403.html
errordocument 404 /error404.html
#
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/error40[34]\.html$" allowit
SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/robots.\txt$" allowit
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from 12.101.152.***
Deny from 12.147.139.***
Allow from allowit
I understand the first two lines.I already have a 404 rule set up but obviously if I just enter the 403 rule they wil not get my custom 403 page, just the generic 403 error. So some guy on the forum suggested the above rule.But everything below the # sign is beyond my comprehension
My guess is that if there is a 403 or a 404 it allows only the 404/403 files to be accessed.
I particularly dont get the Deny IP`s.