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Region Blocking
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Last updated: 2024-11-22 15:16:13
Region Blocking
Last updated: 2024-11-22 15:16:13
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Overview

You can add regions to the blocklist to block all access sources from the specific regions.

Directions

1. Log in to the WAF console and select Configuration Center > Basic Security on the left sidebar.
2. On the basic security page, select the target domain name in the top-left corner and click Access control.
3. On the access control page, click Edit next to the region being blocked.


4. In the pop-up window, select the target region and click OK.


5. After saving the change, click

in Region blocked to enable region blocking.


6. Now you will be unable to visit your website from any of the blocked regions. For example, if you block all foreign regions, and visit a WAF-protected website with an overseas IP address, WAF will notify you that you have been blocked with an error page as shown below:



Supported Regions

The following regions are supported:

China

Region
Province/City/Autonomous Region
East China
Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shanghai
South China
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
Central China
Hubei, Hunan and Henan
North China
Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia
Northwest China
Ningxia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Gansu
Southwest China
Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet, Chongqing
Northeast China
Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

Other countries and regions

Continent
Country/Region
Asia
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Cyprus, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Georgia, Guernsey, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Laos, Morocco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Maldives, Oman, Nepal, Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Türkiye, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, North Korea
Europe
Austria, Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greece, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Macedonia, the Republic of Malta, Montenegro, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Vatican City
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cape Verde, Chad, Central Africa, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Lesotho, Liberia, Morocco, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, Reunion, Sudan, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe, South Sudan, Tunisia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Oceania
Australia, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, New Zealand, Nauru, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
North America
Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Barbados, Belize, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Dominica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Greenland, Guadero Puerto Rico, Grenada, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Panama, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trini Da and Tobago, Tajikistan, English Virgin Islands, Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, United States Virgin Islands
South America
Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Curacao, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

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