Restrict Access to Admin Portal based on IP address

Original Question

or Issue:

We have identified vulnerability that require immediate attention and remediation for the FileCloud hosting site.

Restrict access to the admin portal login page to approved IP address ranges. 

Environment:

• Product - FileCloud Server
• Version - Any
• Platform -

Defect or

Enhancement Number:

Externally Accessible Administration Portals - Identified as a vulnerability.

Resolution or

Workaround:

1. Stop Apache Server.

2. Edit the following file, based on the OS on which FileCloud server is installed (adjust these paths for your environment). 

   Windows	C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-filecloud.conf
   Ubuntu	/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
   RHEL	/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

3. Add the following lines to the configuration. In Windows, lines can be added to the end of the file. On Linux, lines needs to be added inside the VirtualHost configuration
   
   <Location /ui/admin2>
                   Order deny,allow
                   deny from all
                   allow from 192.168.
                   allow from 33.201.24.69
   </Location>

4. Restart apache, after making this change. Now admin UI will be accessible only from subnet 192.168.x.x and IP 33.201.24.69.