{"id":2328,"date":"2018-02-17T18:43:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2018-02-17T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T13:13:31","slug":"block-wp-login-php-based-country-mod_security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/block-wp-login-php-based-country-mod_security\/","title":{"rendered":"Block wp-login.php based on country through mod_security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Block wp-login.php based on country through mod_security<\/h3>\n

Date Posted: 17-02-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

WordPress is popular CMS which receives large number of DDOS login attempts generally. As a system administrator or site owner, if we dont feel that the traffic is not genuine from some other country, we can restrict wp-login.php\u00a0 \u00a0only from certain countries.<\/p>\n

In this post we will explain on how to block wp-login.php access from other country except India.<\/p>\n

Assumption:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
    \n
  1. Mod Security already installed. If you have cPanel then in WHM itself, you will have an option to add Mod_security rule.<\/li>\n
  2. Server SSH details.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Implementation:<\/h4>\n

    1. Open the domain configuration file. By default, the location will be \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/default<\/p>\n

    vi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-enabled\/default<\/code><\/p>\n

    2. Append the below mentioned code<\/p>\n

    <IfModule\u00a0mod_security2.c>\r\nSecRule REQUEST_URI \"wp-login.php\" \"chain,id:2018,log,msg:'Blocking %{geo.country_code}' - Suggested by PheonixSolutions.com\"\r\nSecRule REMOTE_ADDR \"@geoLookup\" \"chain\"\r\nSecRule GEO:COUNTRY_CODE \"@streq IN\"\r\n<\/IfModule><\/pre>\n
    Where,<\/p>\n
    Secrule – Mod security rule<\/p>\n
    Request_URI – URL which the rules applies to<\/p>\n
    chain – It indicates that there will be continuation of rule to the next line.<\/p>\n
    id – Unique Mod_security reference ID<\/p>\n
    log- It tells apache to log the message<\/p>\n
    msg – Message should be logged on the log<\/p>\n
    GEO:COUNTRY_CODE – Country code<\/p>\n
    streq – String Equal to<\/p>\n
    IN – India. If we want to allow from other country then mention TWO digit code of the respective country<\/p>\n
    3. Check the syntax error<\/p>\n
    apachectl -t<\/code><\/p>\n
    4. Restart the apache server.<\/p>\n
    service apache2 restart<\/code><\/p>\n
    Now, if any user access wp-login.php from India, they will see the login page. If the user access wp-login.php\u00a0 then they will get “406 : Not acceptable “<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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