Help for ASM Access Entry Format


The format of the access entries is the same as that used by the allow directive for the Apache web server. Following is a summary of the possible entry formats. Please refer to the IBM HTTP Server documentation for more information.

Entry Format Entry Type Description
'a.b.c.d' IP address IP address ('a.b.c.d') of a specific host. The remote system (host) with this IP address is allowed access.
'a' -or-
'a.b' -or-
'a.b.c'
Partial IP address Any host with an IP address beginning with the specified partial IP address is allowed access. The partial IP address can be one, two, or three bytes (for example, '192.168' indicates that any system with an IP address of 192.168.x.x is allowed access).
'.domainname' Domain name Any host with a host name containing (ending with) the specified domain name is allowed access (for example, '.ibm.com' indicates that any system with a host name ending in '.ibm.com' is allowed access).
'a.b.c.d/w.x.y.z'  Network address 'a.b.c.d' is the network address and 'w.x.y.z' is the network mask. Any host within the subnet defined by the network address is allowed access (that is, the subnet is computed by applying the specified network mask to the IP address of the requesting system, and if the result matches the specified network address, the system is granted access).