Updated on 2024-12-24 GMT+08:00

Blocking Traffic From Specified Locations

AAD can block traffic from specified geographic regions. Once the policy is in effect, access traffic from the designated region will be discarded.

Limitations and Constraints

AAD allows or blocks traffic outside Chinese Mainland in one-click mode, but cannot block country or region-specific traffic.

Geo-Blocking

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Select a region in the upper part of the page, click in the upper left corner of the page, and choose Security & Compliance > Anti-DDoS Service. The Anti-DDoS Service Center page is displayed.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Advanced Anti-DDoS > Protection Policies. The Protection Policies page is displayed.

    Figure 1 Advanced Anti-DDoS protection policies

  4. Select the instance for which geo-blocking needs to be configured.
  5. In the Geo-Blocking configuration area, click Set.
  6. In the displayed dialog box, select a route and select the areas you want to block.

    Figure 2 Geo-blocking settings

  7. Click OK. The geo-blocking setting is complete.