What is whitelisting?

What is whitelisting, and how can I get it? What do I need to do to apply it to my wiki

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Chris Yeh, Employee, replied on January 30, 2008 18:15

IP whitelisting is available to Premium business users. IP whitelisting consists of restricting access to your wiki to people coming from a pre-defined list of IP addresses.

These IP addresses are "whitelisted," which means that they, and only they, are allowed in. Whitelisting is the opposite of blacklisting, which means barring entrance to anyone on the blacklist, but allowing everyone else in.

IP whitelisting can be a useful way to increase security if, for example, you want to limit access solely to people coming in from your corporate network.

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Jeff commented on June 25, 2008 17:54

Can I whitelist a whole range of ip addresses (like 8.8.8.0 thru 8.8.8.255)?
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Casey Greene replied on June 25, 2008 19:42

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Yes, you can, by using a CIDR which PBwiki will allow in the IP whitelist area.

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