Private Sub Workbook_Open() ' VBA IP VALIDATION ' Author: tankalxat34 (Alexander Podstrechnyy) ' Link: https://github.com/tankalxat34/vba-ip-validation ' ' License: ' MIT License ' ' Copyright (c) 2022 Alexander Podstrechnyy ' ' Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy ' of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal ' in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights ' to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell ' copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is ' furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: ' ' The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all ' copies or substantial portions of the Software. ' ' THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR ' IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ' FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ' AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER ' LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, ' OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE ' SOFTWARE. Dim userIP As String Dim listIP As String userIP = vbaRequests.request("https://ifconfig.me/ip") listIP = vbaRequests.request("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tankalxat34/vba-ip-validation/main/ip_list.txt") If InStr(listIP, userIP) Then Exit Sub Else MsgBox "Your IP address is not confirmed in the system! The application will be closed!", vbCritical Application.Quit End If End Sub