Webmaster in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

deny

Synopsis

deny from hostname hostname ...

Description

[Within <Directory> or .htaccess]

The deny directive specifies which hosts are denied access to a directory. The hostname can be one of the following:

Domain name”

A domain name, like .oreilly.com. Hosts from that domain are denied access.

Hostname"

A full hostname.

Full IP address”

The IP address of a host.

Partial IP address”

The first 1 to 3 bytes of an IP address, for subnet restriction.

Network address/netmask

A full network address, followed by a full netmask. (i.e., 192.168.220.110/255.255.255.0)

Network address/CIDR specification

A full network address, followed by an abbreviated netmask. (i.e., 192.168.220.110/24 is equivalent to 192.168.220.110/255.255.255.0)

all"

Using the word all means that all hosts are denied access.