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I'll just use the 403 Forbidden one.then. It worked perfectly. Is there a way to give a 500 Internal server error instead so that they think our site is down?
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I'll just use the 403 Forbidden one.then. It worked perfectly. Is there a way to give a 500 Internal server error instead so that they think our site is down?

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As with trying to generate a 404 error, generating a 500 error while the server is working perfectly would be quite difficult.
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As with trying to generate a 404 error, generating a 500 error while the server is working perfectly would be quite difficult.

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How can I use mod_rewrite to send users from a specific IP address a 404 error when they try to access my site?
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How can I use mod_rewrite to send users from a specific IP address a 404 error when they try to access my site?

mod_rewrite: Send users from specific IP a 404 error

The Apache HTTP Server is a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Typically Apache is run on a Unix-like operating system, but it is available for a wide variety of operating systems, including Linux, Novell NetWare, Mac OS-X and Windows. Released under the Apache License, Apache is open-source software.