Country

Purpose: Identifies requests that originate from the specified countries.

A country can be specified through its country code. An option is provided to indicate whether this condition will be met when the country from which a request originates "Matches" or "Does Not Match" the specified value(s).

Key information:

• Specify multiple country codes by delimiting each one with a single space.

• Wildcards are not supported when specifying a country code.
• The "EU" and "AP" country codes do not encompass all IP addresses in those regions. Learn more.
• Certain requests may not return a valid country code. A question mark (i.e., ?) will match requests for which a valid country code could not be determined.

Replicating Country Filtering Behavior

This match condition allows you to perform a multitude of customizations based on the location from which a request originated. For example, the behavior of the Country Filtering feature can be replicated by adding the following to a rule:

• URL Path Wildcard match condition: This match condition should identify the location that will be secured by a user's location. Make sure to append an asterisk to the end of the specified location to ensure that access to all of its children will be restricted by this rule.
• Country match condition: This match condition should be configured to the desired set of countries.
• Deny Access (403) feature: This feature replicates the allow or block portion of the Country Filtering feature.
  • Allow: Set the Country match condition to "Does Not Match" to only allow the specified countries access to content stored in the location defined by the URL Path Wildcard match condition.
  • Block: Set the Country match condition to "Matches" to block the specified countries from accessing content stored in the location defined by the URL Path Wildcard match condition.

Tip: Instead of duplicating the exact behavior of the Country Filtering feature, use criteria other than location to determine whether a request will be allowed. For example, prevent the playback of Flash videos in a particular country. Alternatively, combine these match conditions to prevent Flash videos stored in a particular location from being viewed in a particular country.