django-ban

This is a simple application to restrict access to site by IP.

Installation

• Install ipcalc library.

• Add django_ban in you INSTALLED_APPS.

• Add option BAN_POLICY:
  BAN_POLICY = 'deny,allow' or BAN_POLICY = 'allow,deny'.

  In first case it means that all users are allowed by default, second case restricts access to all users who not in allow list

  Default value is 'allow,deny'

• Add 'django_ban.middleware.Ban' to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES.

• Run ./manage.py syncdb, to create necessary tables.

• Add one or more entries to the Allow or Deny lists in the admin interface. You can just enter a single IP or use a network mask, like this: 213.67.43.0/24

Dependencies

• ipcalc >= 0.1 -- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipcalc/
  easy_install install ipcalc

TODO

• Add a text description to the list items.
• Use html template to render Deny page.

Acknowledges

This application is based on the Justquick's django snippet. You can find the original code at http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/725/.