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Configure IP access rules to allow or deny access for the administrators.

If you do not specify any IP address, the administrators can log on the server from any IP address. But if you set an allow list, the administrators will only gain access from the IP addresses specified in the list. If you place a deny list, the administrators will have access to the server from any IP address except those specified in the deny list. The order of the rules is also critical.

For example:

Allow 192.168.1.188

Refuse this administrator's connection from any IP except 192.168.1.188.

Deny *

Allow 192.168.1.188

Refuse this administrator's connection from any IP, as 192.168.1.188 after * impacts nothing.

Administrator from localhost

Remember whatever IP rules you add, administrators can always login from the local IP address 127.0.0.1

So if you want to disable remote control from this administrator, just add this rule:

Deny *

Rule list

The rule list shows the current list and the order of the IP rules. Rules can be added or removed from the list using the Add and the Delete buttons.

Also, the order of the rules may be altered using the Up and the Down buttons on the right of the rule list.

Supported wildcards

Wing FTP Server supports IP address ranges and wildcards, which are shown as below:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

IP address must be exactly matched(e.g., 192.168.1.1).

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-yyy

A specified range of IP addresses, e.g. 192.168.1.10-25.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

A specified range of IP addresses, e.g. 192.168.1.0-192.168.5.255.

*.*.*.* or xxx.*.*.* or xxx.xxx.*.* or xxx.xxx.xxx.*

Any valid IP address value (For example, 192.168.*.* represents any IP between 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.255).

CIDR convention is also supported :

192.168.0.0/24 (represents any IP between 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.255)