more on -access_control_list

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Sergey Lyubka 2014-04-14 13:03:47 +01:00
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@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ this means to deny only that single IP address.
Subnet masks may vary from 0 to 32, inclusive. The default setting is to allow
all accesses. On each request the full list is traversed, and
the last match wins. Example: `$ mongoose -access_control_list -0.0.0.0/0,+192.168/16` to deny all acccesses except those from `192.168/16` subnet. To learn
more about subnet masks, see the
the last match wins. Example: `$ mongoose -access_control_list -0.0.0.0/0,+192.168/16` to deny all acccesses except those from `192.168/16` subnet. Note that if the option is set, then all accesses are forbidden
by default. Thus in a previous example, `-0.0.0.0` part is not necessary.
For example, `$mongoose access_control_list +10.0.0.0/8`
means disallow all, allow subnet 10/8 only.
To learn more about subnet masks, see the
[Wikipedia page on Subnetwork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork)
Default: not set, all accesses are allowed.