"Yogi_Bear_79" <nospam@spamsux.com> wrote in message
news:lKmdnescWvm_rQveRVn-rw@comcast.com...
> I would like to be able to deny specific IPs from ever hitting my
Apache web
> server. I can Deny them via the httpd.conf file, but that only stops
them
> from getting my pages, they still know the server exists.
>
> I tried via the IP Security Policies in MMC but my test computer still
> showed up in the Apache log. Since I have port 80 forwarded through
my SOHO
> router to my WebServer, is it possible to actually deny a specifi IP
from
> seeing open port?
>
> Any suggestions of a non overly intrusive software firewall, or a
built in
> ACL, or filter would be greatly appriciated.
>

Trying to keep your ISP from discovering you have a web server ?

I know Comcast in the past has often probed looking for that sort
of stuff.