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Windows Azure - restricting the IP address rage to access a WebRole

Hello,

Is it possible to restrict the access to a Azure WebRole to a list of IP ranges. I saw there are a number of articles explaining how to configure the firewall for accessing an SQL Azure instance but what about the WebRoles / WorkerRoles?

Thank you, Luc

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I have not personally done this in Azure yet, but have you tried just using the IIS7 IP security feature via the system.webServer/security/ipSecurity configuration element?

Drew Marsh  2010-08-19 13:22:10
Thanks for the prompt answer, Drew.The moderator on this post states "ipSecurity doesn't work on Windows Azure currently." http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/thread/c197f725-503e-4a44-abce-ea99c741758d/And using the config file won't work for me as I want to add/remove IP ranges without having to redeploy the whole package!This is a check that should be run before the traffic reaches the application.I can't believe such an important feature is being left out as I cannot see an LOB application not wanting to restrict the traffic!Luc
Azure  2010-08-19 13:45:46
Ah, sorry I should have done more investigating before suggesting it. Well at least it's here for posterity's sake and will hopefully help people who look at this topic understand it's *not* an option.
Drew Marsh  2010-08-20 14:49:04

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