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6.4. Restricting IP addresses

Connections to Sysax Multi Server can be controlled by banning specific IP addresses or by allowing only specific IP addresses. The complete IP address of the connection or a combination of IP addresses and wildcards such as 192.168.* can be specified.

Figure 6.7. Specify IP Restrictions

Specify IP Restrictions


To ban IP addresses, select the Block Connections radio box. Click on the Add Address button to add IP addresses that need to be blocked.

Figure 6.8. Add IP Address to ban

Add IP Address to ban


Also if Enable IP Address Restriction option and the Block connections from the following.. option is selected, then there are two some more conditions we checked. They are,

  • Automatically block IP address if login failed for ... attempts
  • Block only if all attempts happened within ... seconds

To allow only specific IP addresses, select the Allow connections radio box. Click on the Add Address button to add IP addresses that need to be allowed.

Figure 6.9. Add IP Address to allow

Add IP Address to allow