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Banned IP entry into an error log #332
Description
Is there any issue to write banned IP entry to an error log ?
Something like that:
if ((((static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->default_policy == http_utils::ACCEPT) &&
((static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->bans.count(ip_representation(addr))) &&
(!(static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->allowances.count(ip_representation(addr)))) ||
(((static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->default_policy == http_utils::REJECT) &&
((!(static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->allowances.count(ip_representation(addr))) ||
((static_cast<webserver*>(cls))->bans.count(ip_representation(addr)))))) {
//log banned IP
std::string msg = "IP '" + httpserver::http::get_ip_str(addr) + "' rejected\n";
webserver* dws = static_cast<webserver*>(cls);
dws->log_error(msg);
return MHD_NO;
}
Activity
specs: lifecycle hook bus (DR-012 + TASK-045..052)
TASK-046: fire connection_opened / accept_decision / connection_closed
TASK-052: Hook bus doc/example/bench/stress closeout
etr commentedon Jul 23, 2026
Resolved in libhttpserver 2.0.0. The new lifecycle-hook system lets you observe connection accept/deny decisions and log denied IPs without patching the library. There's a ready-made example at
examples/denied_ip_log.cpp, and the hooks are documented in the README's Lifecycle Hooks section.Closing as resolved by 2.0.0.