allow domain in httpd.conf file block rule

Question

I have a "rule" in httpd.conf to pop-up a windows if somebody tries to access wp-admin section of any domain where wordpress is installed. With this rule I prevent boots for accessing wp-admin folder and to stop brute forces attacks.

# BEGIN BLOCK-WP-ADMIN-ATTACK

<Files wp-login.php>
AuthType basic
AuthName "EN: Human Check - U: human P: letmein"
AuthBasicProvider file
AuthUserFile /home/wp-admin-attack-htpasswd-file
Require valid-user
ErrorDocument 401 "<center><h1>Warning!</h1>You failed to authenticate.<p><br />Extra security has been temporarily enabled due to an ongoing attack against Wordpress logins on this server.<br /> <b>If you are a real user, please refresh the page and enter the username and password that are provided on the pop-up.</b><p>If you are still having troubles, please contact your hosting provider.</center>"
</Files>

# END BLOCK-WP-ADMIN-ATTACK #

This rule is working as it should but now I want to "allow" a domain so this rule will not apply for that domain.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '15 at 10:36

I think you should be able to use SetEnvIf to do this. This is untested but might point you in the right direction:

# set env ALLOWED if hostname is either example.com or
# the client ip is 192.168.0.1
SetEnvIf Host example\.com ALLOWED
SetEnvIf Remote_Addr 192.168.0.1 ALLOWED

# if ALLOWED is not set display the password prompt
<IfDefine !ALLOWED>
  <Files wp-login.php>
    AuthType basic
    AuthName "EN: Human Check - U: human P: letmein"
    AuthBasicProvider file
    AuthUserFile /home/wp-admin-attack-htpasswd-file
    Require valid-user
    ErrorDocument 401 "<center><h1>Warning!</h1>You failed to authenticate.<p><br />Extra security has been temporarily enabled due to an ongoing attack against Wordpress logins on this server.<br /> <b>If you are a real user, please refresh the page and enter the username and password that are provided on the pop-up.</b><p>If you are still having troubles, please contact your hosting provider.</center>"
  </Files>
</IfDefine>

i tried it and it didn't worked for me (apache 2.4) – Froggiz Nov 10 '15 at 09:27 — Froggiz, Nov 10 '15 at 09:27

Froggiz · Answer 2 · 2015-11-05T11:45:43.507

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you can use the satisfy any instruction

<VirtualHost *:80>
# [ Server Domain ]
ServerName the.domaine.allowed
# [ Server Root ]
DocumentRoot /var/www/
# [ Pass Through Auth]
<Files wp-login.php>
satisfy any
</Files>    
<VirtualHost>

edited Nov 05 '15 at 11:45

answered Nov 05 '15 at 10:19

Froggiz

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '15 at 11:41

I would stick to satisfy any. This is a working proof-of-concept:

<Files wp-login.php>
            Satisfy Any

            Order deny,allow
            Deny from all
            Allow from example.org

            AuthType basic
            AuthName "EN: Human Check - U: human P: letmein"
            AuthBasicProvider file
            AuthUserFile /home/wp-admin-attack-htpasswd-file
            Require valid-user
            #ErrorDocument here
</Files>

allow domain in httpd.conf file block rule

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