Can I ban or restrict a country based on IP?

Question

I get 6-10 sign ups from places like Nigeria and Ghana in Africa. I'm currently capturing IPs so is it possible to restrict a range of IPs from a specific country?

If I can retrict them does it make more sense to add this range to my .htaccess file or restrict them at the site level?

Answer 1

You can get the maxmind database:

http://www.maxmind.com/app/mod_geoip

and use this code:

GeoIPEnable On
GeoIPDBFile /path/to/GeoIP.dat

# Redirect multiple countries to a single page
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{ENV:GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE} ^(NI|GH)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F]