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How to ban any IP Address via .htaccess?

If someone is trying to hack your website or you want to block their IP Address, you can add this line to your .htaccess file.order allow,denydeny from IP-ADDRESSallow from allReplace "IP-ADDRESS" with the IP Address you want to block.

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If someone is trying to hack your website or you want to block their IP Address, you can add this line to your .htaccess file.

order allow,deny
deny from IP-ADDRESS
allow from all

Replace "IP-ADDRESS" with the IP Address you want to block.

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