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Created September 18, 2018 15:35
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Nginx snippet for blocking directory listings for clients from a private WiFi subnet
server {
listen 8080;
server_name software.example.com;
root /mnt/data/software/packages;
autoindex on;
# Only allow "trusted" networks
include trusted_acl.inc.conf;
# and package retrievals via WiFi clients who know the exact full
# URL path (no browsing site contents)
allow 172.17.0.0/16;
deny all;
# Rules for favicon.ico, robots.txt, etc.
include shared_content.inc.conf;
# Detect requests for listing directory contents and check remote address.
# If an WiFi address is detected then refuse to show the autoindexed
# listing of contents.
location ~ /$ {
if ($remote_addr ~ "^172") {
# Block WiFi clients from browsing directory contents
return 401;
}
}
}
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deoren commented Sep 18, 2018

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