# How to disable access to anyone not coming from a specific IP address

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 13, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907 "2019-04-13T01:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907/7 "2019-04-13T14:53:08Z")

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Another way to do it is to remove the dns A record for the forum and have your testers hard code the ip on their machines.

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