Geoblocking

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Geoblocking/Geofencing

In the Cloudwork dashboard, click the menu bar>settings>Authentication Settings

Geoblocking is handled by two settings in the Authentication Settings, these settings are IP Address Blocking and Country Blocking Geoblocking.PNG


IP Address Blocking

IP Blocking.PNG Any users trying to authenticate from the specified IP Addresses in the IP Address Blocking will not be able to authenticate.


Country Blocking

Country Blocking has 3 options that can be selected:

  • Allow all countries: All countries are allowed to authenticate through Cloudwork
    Geoblocking allow all.PNG
  • Allowed only specified countries: Only user logging in from specified countries are allowed to authenticate through Cloudwork, another field will appear underneath from which you can select which countries to allow.
    Geoblocking allow.PNG
  • Block specified countries: Users logging in from specified countries are not allowed to authenticate through Cloudwork, another form will appear underneath from which you can select which countries to block.
    Geoblocking block.PNG

Notes

In Country Blocking if either the option Allow all countries or Allowed only specified countries is selected