πŸ”’ Security
🌏 Allowed Country IPs
🌍 Restrict Specific Countries or Regions from Accessing IZT Cloud Voice

🌍 Restrict Specific Countries or Regions from Accessing IZT Cloud Voice

Specific regions or countries may have restrictions, and you need to allow access to IZT Cloud Voice. Sometimes hackers or unauthorized users probe the system to infiltrate and access important settings, monitor conversations, or do other operations that may cause security threats to your organization. In these cases, you can restrict specific countries or regions from accessing the system.

Procedure

  1. Log in to PBX web portal, go to Security > Security Settings > Allowed Country IPs.
  2. Turn on the option Enable Allowed Country/Region IP Access Protection.
  • The system is being verified whether to connect from your current IP address is accepted in the Allow IPs list of your network.
Enable Allowed Country Access
  • If the IP address you've used to connect to the PBX isn't on the Allow list, the browser will display a warning, and a pop-up window will be displayed, prompting you to add your own IP address for your current country/region.
Add Own Country Access Successful
  1. You should click OK to add your IP address to the Allow IPs. The warning icon Allow Own IP Address is disappeared, and connections from your IP address are accepted.

Tip: You can check the added IP address by going to Security > Security Rules > Allowed IPs.

IP Added to Allowed IPs
  1. To allow desired countries/regions to access the PBX, do as follows:
  • a. To allow a country/region to access the PBX, do as follows:

  • i. In the search box, enter a desired country or region.

  • ii. In the Operations column, set the status to Allow a Country to Access PBX Allow.

  • b. To allow multiple countries/regions to access the PBX, do as follows:

  • i. Click the checkboxes of desired countries or regions.

  • ii. Click Allow.

Allow Multiple Countries to Access PBX
  1. Click Apply.

Result

Only the devices with IP addresses originating from the allowed countries or regions can access the PBX.

Allowed IPs also need to be verified. If you want to allow a specific IP address to access the PBX, you can add the IP address to Allowed IPs.