403s for all

Using Version 4.4.21 (have now updated to Version 4.4.22). Yesterday site access was no issue. This morning users in three states called to say site was give 403 Forbidden error. My IP- which is in whitelist- was also locked out.

I pulled current htaccess and excised the chunk below at which point everyone’s access was restored. For moment I have disabled ban users. Since we are using “hide the backend” feature I think this should be of little consequence.

Having gone over the excised lines (below) I am not clear which line or combination would be at fault but it was the only change made before access was restored.

Thanks for any advice.

David

#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^209\.17\.116\.105$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^209\.17\.116\.105$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^209\.17\.116\.105$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 209.17.116.105
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^192\.116\.251\.1$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^192\.116\.251\.1$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^192\.116\.251\.1$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 192.116.251.1
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^1\.9\.152\.236$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^1\.9\.152\.236$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^1\.9\.152\.236$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 1.9.152.236
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^79\.54\.160\.131$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^79\.54\.160\.131$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^79\.54\.160\.131$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 79.54.160.131
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^86\.98\.137\.1$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^86\.98\.137\.1$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^86\.98\.137\.1$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 86.98.137.1
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^89\.46\.228\.87$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^89\.46\.228\.87$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^89\.46\.228\.87$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 89.46.228.87
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^95\.173\.40\.242$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^95\.173\.40\.242$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^95\.173\.40\.242$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 95.173.40.242
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^93\.143\.104\.84$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^93\.143\.104\.84$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^93\.143\.104\.84$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 93.143.104.84
allow from all
#Quick ban IP. Will be updated on next formal rules save.
SetEnvIF REMOTE_ADDR “^190\.166\.213\.240$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-FORWARDED-FOR “^190\.166\.213\.240$” DenyAccess
SetEnvIF X-CLUSTER-CLIENT-IP “^190\.166\.213\.240$” DenyAccess
order allow,deny
deny from env=DenyAccess
deny from 190.166.213.240
allow from all

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