Mod maxminddb

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Maintainer	Unnilennium
Url	https://wiki.contribs.org
Category	security,  geoip
Tags	security, geoip, acces, apache, httpd

Maintainer

Jean-Philippe Pialasse

Version

Contrib 10:

1.1.0-14

Contrib 9:

1.1.0-7

smeserver-mod_maxminddb

The latest version of smeserver-mod_maxminddb is available in the SME repository, click on the version number(s) for more information.

Contrib 9:

1.1.1-5

libmaxminddb

The latest version of libmaxminddb is available in the SME repository, click on the version number(s) for more information.

Description

This contrib enable the new Geoip2 plugin from Maxmind in order to let your apache server to get full capacity of geoip with recent db.

The contrib also plan to help you restrict usage of server-manager, user-manager, or any other contrib depending on your client localisation. This is not miraculous, as a good vpn could override this protection and some ip might be incorrectly localized, but would at least stop a huge amount of scan and bruteforce.

Installation

yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-mod_maxminddb

Configuration

you can list the available configuration with the followinf command :

config show modMaxminddb

Some of the properties are not shown, but are defaulted in a template or a script. Here a more comprehensive list with default and expected values :

property	default	values
Path	/usr/share/GeoIP	string
status	enabled	enabled,disabled

Uninstall

yum remove smeserver-mod_maxminddb  smeserver-mod_maxminddb

Bugs

Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in bugzilla and select the smeserver-mod_maxminddb component or use this link

Below is an overview of the current issues for this contrib:

ID	Product	Version	Status	Summary (2 tasks) ⇒
10769	SME Contribs	9.2	CONFIRMED	NFR: allow to choose language instead of english default
10768	SME Contribs	9.2	IN_PROGRESS	NFR: block|allow panels by country

Changelog

Only released version in smecontrib are listed here.

smeserver-mod_maxminddb Changelog: SME 10 (smecontribs)

2022/07/25 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 1.1.0-14.sme
- make compatible with httpd24 access [SME: 12052]

2021/04/02 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 1.1.0-11.sme
- add option to allow countries to external access to manager [SME: 10768]

 ValidFromGeoIP will add access to listed countries to managers and all

ressources using the usual list from httpd-admin Validfrom (local ibays, contribs...)

2021/04/02 Jean-Philippe Pialasse 1.1.0-10.sme
- initial import to SME 10 [SME: 11521]

- update event created

2019/04/11 Jean-Philipe Pialasse 1.1.0-7.sme
- fix missing db on installation [SME: 10770]

2019/03/14 Jean-Philipe Pialasse 1.1.0-6.sme
- configure necessary variables [SME: 10759]