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WMS IP Address Authorization - general properties

The WMS IP Address Authorization plug-in is used to control access to your content based on client Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. You can add specific IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses for which you want to allow or restrict access. In the Windows Media Services snap-in, you have the following options for configuring this plug-in.

Item Description
Set IP address access permissions
Allow all except those in the Deny list Select this option to restrict certain clients from accessing your server based on their IP addresses. If this permission level is set, all clients have access by default.
Deny all except those in the Allow list Select this option to allow certain clients to access your server based on their IP addresses. If this permission level is set, all clients do not have access by default.
Restrict as specified in the following lists Select this option to allow and deny access to the content on your server based on client IP addresses.
Allow Displays the IP addresses and subnet masks that are allowed to access the content on your publishing points.
  • Click Add to add an IP address or subnet to the list.
  • Click Edit to modify an IP address or subnet in the list.
  • Click Remove to delete an IP address or subnet from the list.
Deny Displays a list of IP addresses and subnet masks that are not allowed to access the content on your publishing points.
  • Click Add to add an IP address or subnet to the list.
  • Click Edit to modify an IP address or subnet in the list.
  • Click Remove to delete an IP address or subnet from the list.


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