Restrict access to localhost only

I want to prevent access to a specific directory with a .htaccess file. Only the
local PHP module should be allowed to access that directory.

I've put a .htaccess file in the directory:

<Directory />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from (server's address here)
</Directory>

but it does not seem to work, though. By the way, would "localhost" be a legal
address in this directive?

Thanks,
Jörg

Jörg Ellermann wrote:

 > I want to prevent access to a specific directory with a .htaccess file. Only the
 > local PHP module should be allowed to access that directory.
 >
 > I've put a .htaccess file in the directory:
 >
 > <Directory />
 > Order Deny,Allow
 > Deny from all
 > Allow from (server's address here)
 > </Directory>
 >
 > but it does not seem to work, though. By the way, would "localhost" be a legal
 > address in this directive?

Yes, localhost or 127 (as in 127.0.0.1)

<Directory />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127
Allow from example.net
</Directory>

Consider keeping whatever files these are out of the document root, that
is, outside of public_html or whatever.

--
Matt


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