From: Mike Taylor Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 16:51:06 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Document use of ipRanges. X-Git-Tag: 1.0.0~360 X-Git-Url: http://lists.indexdata.com/cgi-bin?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8fda474f8138eeffb382532a509f280db3fd12ad;p=mkws-moved-to-github.git Document use of ipRanges. --- diff --git a/doc/mkws-manual.markdown b/doc/mkws-manual.markdown index 6cd131b..8b907a8 100644 --- a/doc/mkws-manual.markdown +++ b/doc/mkws-manual.markdown @@ -398,6 +398,14 @@ of this hostname to your library by setting the User Access record's that this is not secure, as other applications can use this virtual hostname to gain access to your library.** +Or if your application's users are coming from a well-known range of +IP-address space, you can enter the range in the "IP Ranges" +field. The format of this field is as follows: it can contain any +number of ranges, separated by commas; each range is either a single +IP address or two addresses separated by a hyphen; each IP address is +four small integers separated by periods. For example, +`80.229.143.255-80.229.143.255, 5.57.0.0-5.57.255.255, 127.0.0.1`. + Alternatively, your application can authenticate by username and password credentials. This is a useful approach in several situations, including when you need to specify the use of a different library from