WMS IP Address Authorization

The WMS IP Address Authorization plug-in is used to control access to your content based on client Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. You can add specific IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses for which you want to allow or restrict access. You can configure the following options on the General tab for this plug-in.

Item Description

Set IP address access permissions

Allow all except those in the Deny list

Select this option to restrict clients from accessing your server based on their IP addresses. If this permission level is set, all clients have access by default.

Deny all except those in the Allow list

Select this option to allow clients to access your server based on their IP addresses. If this permission level is set, all clients do not have access by default.

Restrict as specified in the following lists

Select this option to allow and deny access to the content on your server based on client IP addresses.

Allow

Displays the IP addresses and subnet masks that are allowed to access the content on your publishing points.

  • Click Add IP to add an IP address or subnet to the list.

  • Click Edit IP to modify an IP address or subnet in the list.

  • Click Remove IP to delete an IP address or subnet from the list.

Deny

Displays a list of IP addresses and subnet masks that are not allowed to access the content on your publishing points.

  • Click Add IP to add an IP address or subnet to the list.

  • Click Edit IP to modify an IP address or subnet in the list.

  • Click Remove IP to delete an IP address or subnet from the list.

See Also

Concepts

Adding or editing IP addresses