This project exists to keep a master list of IPs to block from web servers. The
IPs are a list of hosting services around the world that are known to host
various bots, spiders, scrapers, etc.


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
=========================

To use it, copy it to your Apache http's conf.d dir:
<ServerRoot>/conf.d/ip_blacklist.conf

Ensure that it is included from the httpd.conf file. Look for the following
line:

Include conf.d/*.conf

If it isn't present, you can explicitly include this file with the following
line:

Include conf.d/ip_blacklist.conf

This file applies the blacklisted IPs to every single server request, regardless
of what location the user agent requests. It will also override the access rules
defined in directives such as <Directory> and <Files>. The following Apache
documentation is helpful to understand how these directives are merged and
override each other.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/sections.html#mergin

You might also include this file from an .htaccess file, but this is not quite
as efficient as having httpd load the configuration on startup because it will
read the .htaccess file every time a request is made to the server. The tradeoff
is that the server must be restarted each time the blacklist is updated, but
updates normally don't happen too frequently.



LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
=====================

Copyright (c) 2012 Pushing Inertia
http://pushinginertia.com

Released under the MIT license.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The latest version of this file is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/pushinginertia/ip-blacklist