all
.inetmi.com
). The server
will attempt to match the domain name with the last part of the
client's host
name. For this to work,
Domain name lookup
must be configured to get a host name for the client.
xyz.inetmi.com
)
The server will attempt to match the host name exactly with the client's host
name. For this to work,
Domain name lookup
must be configured to get a host name for the client.
123.456.789
). The server will attempt to match the
partial IP address with the first part of the client's IP address. For this
to work,
Domain name lookup
must be configured to get the IP address for the client.
111.222.333.444
). The
server will attempt to match the full IP address exactly with the client's IP
address. For this to work,
Domain name lookup
must be configured to get the IP address for the client.
In addition to the problems with intentionally wrong host names, it may be that the client returns a wrong host name for other reasons, such as accessing the server through a firewall.
allow from
host [host] ...This directive is only valid within a limit section in the directory based configuration file
More than one entry may exist in a limit section. If more than one entry
is found, it will be as if all hosts on all allow from
lines
had been listed on the same line.