Filtering traffic by IP and dynamic IP restrictions

We may want to restrict access to Azure Web Apps. We can achieve this using the <ipSecurity> element. We can define which IP addresses can access Azure, and the action to take in case of a violation of  that rule:

<configuration>  <system.webServer>    <security>      <ipSecurity allowUnlisted="true" denyAction="NotFound">        <add allowed="true" ipAddress="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"               subnetMask="255.xxx.xxx.xxx"/>      </ipSecurity>    </security>  </system.webServer></configuration>

Dynamic IP restrictions allow us to block access to Azure Web Apps based on different scenarios as follows:

  • To deny access by maximum ...

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