I have an installation of 4.5.2 that is an upgrade from a previous version (4.5.1, and 4.4.1)  I am logged in a host and have been trying to make the "Request Filter Settings" work and have had no success.

I have checked the box next to "Enable Request Filters" and I have added the following rule

Server Variable: REMOTE_ADDR
Operation: Equals
Match Value: 127.0.0.1
Action: Redirect
Location: http://www.google.com

I am trying to block access from the local machine to the installation, I have validated that if I check the Request object the proper IP of 127.0.0.1 is provided, yet the filter does not do anything.  I have tried restarting the application after saving and everything, but nothing has worked.

I also tried using the RegEx operation and the match value of 127\.0\.0\.1 and that did not match either.

Am I missing something basic here?

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Interesting.  i was testing this today on my machine here at work (WIN XP Pro).  I have no clue what it is providing for a value.  Now, to just test something out, I decided that since "Equals" didn't work, that if I did a "NotEquals" filter that it would redirect me.  Well that didn't work either.....

 

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Joe,

Thanks for this, I would have whipped something up, but I still only have VS 2003 here at work.

Now, this is where it gets a bit interesting.

I have validated that the REMOTE_ADDR server variable is returning a value of 127.0.0.1

I have the rule set to "Redirect" to google.com for requests where REMOTE_ADDR EQUALS 127.0.0.1

After saving that rule I closed my browser and then re-opened it and tried to go to the site, I was able to get to it without any difficulty.

So then I thought, well if it isn't matching on Equals, if I do "NotEqual" it should do the redirect, so I changed the setting and then repeated the process of logging off and restarting IE and let again I was able to get to the site.

I also tried RegEx matches and other items, but it never worked :(

 

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