stat software

[Christine Hough]

Can anyone recommend stat software to use with apache?

Also can anyone tell me how I can block or redirect viewers from certain countries?

Thanks

[Spiderden]

Webalizer and AwStats are the two most common Apache stats systems, most hosts come with them or if you have full control over your server you can install them yourself. If you can't use these then have a look at Google Analytics or statcounter.

You can't effectively pick countries to block because it's impossible to know where the users come from if they connect through a proxy. AOL users can be difficult to pin point to. There are databases that match IPs to countries but they aren't cheap and usually have to be subscribed to before you can receive the latest updates. There are free versions, but the info tends to be out of date. You can also read the user's browser settings, but this is far from accurate.