diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54f10fc..94fcae1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.ryanmichela</groupId>
     <artifactId>SSHD</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1</version>
+    <version>1.2</version>
     <url>http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/sshd/</url>
 
     <!-- Repositories -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/CidrUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/CidrUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0f4b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/CidrUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+* The MIT License
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2013 Edin Dazdarevic (edin.dazdarevic@gmail.com)
+
+* 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.
+*
+* */
+
+package com.ryanmichela.sshd;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A class that enables to get an IP range from CIDR specification. It supports
+ * both IPv4 and IPv6.
+ */
+public class CIDRUtils {
+    private final String cidr;
+
+    private InetAddress inetAddress;
+    private InetAddress startAddress;
+    private InetAddress endAddress;
+    private final int prefixLength;
+
+
+    public CIDRUtils(String cidr) throws UnknownHostException {
+
+        this.cidr = cidr;
+
+        /* split CIDR to address and prefix part */
+        if (this.cidr.contains("/")) {
+            int index = this.cidr.indexOf("/");
+            String addressPart = this.cidr.substring(0, index);
+            String networkPart = this.cidr.substring(index + 1);
+
+            inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(addressPart);
+            prefixLength = Integer.parseInt(networkPart);
+
+            calculate();
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("not an valid CIDR format!");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private void calculate() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+        ByteBuffer maskBuffer;
+        int targetSize;
+        if (inetAddress.getAddress().length == 4) {
+            maskBuffer =
+                    ByteBuffer
+                            .allocate(4)
+                            .putInt(-1);
+            targetSize = 4;
+        } else {
+            maskBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(16)
+                    .putLong(-1L)
+                    .putLong(-1L);
+            targetSize = 16;
+        }
+
+        BigInteger mask = (new BigInteger(1, maskBuffer.array())).not().shiftRight(prefixLength);
+
+        ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(inetAddress.getAddress());
+        BigInteger ipVal = new BigInteger(1, buffer.array());
+
+        BigInteger startIp = ipVal.and(mask);
+        BigInteger endIp = startIp.add(mask.not());
+
+        byte[] startIpArr = toBytes(startIp.toByteArray(), targetSize);
+        byte[] endIpArr = toBytes(endIp.toByteArray(), targetSize);
+
+        this.startAddress = InetAddress.getByAddress(startIpArr);
+        this.endAddress = InetAddress.getByAddress(endIpArr);
+
+    }
+
+    private byte[] toBytes(byte[] array, int targetSize) {
+        int counter = 0;
+        List<Byte> newArr = new ArrayList<Byte>();
+        while (counter < targetSize && (array.length - 1 - counter >= 0)) {
+            newArr.add(0, array[array.length - 1 - counter]);
+            counter++;
+        }
+
+        int size = newArr.size();
+        for (int i = 0; i < (targetSize - size); i++) {
+
+            newArr.add(0, (byte) 0);
+        }
+
+        byte[] ret = new byte[newArr.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < newArr.size(); i++) {
+            ret[i] = newArr.get(i);
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    public String getNetworkAddress() {
+
+        return this.startAddress.getHostAddress();
+    }
+
+    public String getBroadcastAddress() {
+        return this.endAddress.getHostAddress();
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInRange(String ipAddress) throws UnknownHostException {
+        InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(ipAddress);
+        BigInteger start = new BigInteger(1, this.startAddress.getAddress());
+        BigInteger end = new BigInteger(1, this.endAddress.getAddress());
+        BigInteger target = new BigInteger(1, address.getAddress());
+
+        int st = start.compareTo(target);
+        int te = target.compareTo(end);
+
+        return (st == -1 || st == 0) && (te == -1 || te == 0);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/ConfigPasswordAuthenticator.java b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/ConfigPasswordAuthenticator.java
index 256453c..3d973f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/ConfigPasswordAuthenticator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/ConfigPasswordAuthenticator.java
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import java.util.Map;
 /**
  * Copyright 2013 Ryan Michela
  */
-public class ConfigPasswordAuthenticator implements PasswordAuthenticator {
+public class ConfigPasswordAuthenticator extends IpFilteredAuthenticator implements PasswordAuthenticator {
     private Map<String, Integer> failCounts = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
 
     @Override
     public boolean authenticate(String username, String password, ServerSession serverSession) {
+        if (!ipAddressIsApproved(serverSession)) return false;
+
         if (SshdPlugin.instance.getConfig().getString("credentials." + username).equals(password)) {
             failCounts.put(username, 0);
             return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/IpFilteredAuthenticator.java b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/IpFilteredAuthenticator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859748b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/IpFilteredAuthenticator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.ryanmichela.sshd;
+
+import org.apache.sshd.server.session.ServerSession;
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Ryan Michela
+ */
+public class IpFilteredAuthenticator {
+    private NetworkAddressValidator addressValidator;
+
+    public IpFilteredAuthenticator() {
+        List<String> whitelist = SshdPlugin.instance.getConfig().getStringList("whitelist");
+        if (whitelist.size() > 0) {
+            addressValidator = new NetworkAddressValidator(whitelist);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean ipAddressIsApproved(ServerSession serverSession) {
+        if (addressValidator != null) {
+            String ip = ((InetSocketAddress)serverSession.getIoSession().getRemoteAddress()).getAddress().getHostAddress();
+            return addressValidator.isApproved(ip);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/NetworkAddressValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/NetworkAddressValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15ca639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/NetworkAddressValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.ryanmichela.sshd;
+
+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Ryan Michela
+ */
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class NetworkAddressValidator {
+
+    private CIDRUtils[] approvedAddressList = null;
+
+    public NetworkAddressValidator(List<String> approvedAddressList) {
+        this.approvedAddressList = new CIDRUtils[approvedAddressList.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < approvedAddressList.size(); i++) {
+            String whitelistEntry = approvedAddressList.get(i);
+            try {
+                if (approvedAddressList.get(i).indexOf("/") > 0) {
+                    this.approvedAddressList[i] = new CIDRUtils(whitelistEntry);
+                } else {
+                    this.approvedAddressList[i] = new CIDRUtils(whitelistEntry + "/32");
+                }
+            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+                SshdPlugin.instance.getLogger().severe(whitelistEntry + " is not a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address or CIDR formatted address.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public boolean isApproved(String ipAddress) {
+        try {
+            for (CIDRUtils approvedAddress : approvedAddressList) {
+                if (approvedAddress.isInRange(ipAddress)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/PublicKeyAuthenticator.java b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/PublicKeyAuthenticator.java
index ea61a74..312dd89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/PublicKeyAuthenticator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ryanmichela/sshd/PublicKeyAuthenticator.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.security.PublicKey;
 /**
  * Copyright 2013 Ryan Michela
  */
-public class PublicKeyAuthenticator implements PublickeyAuthenticator {
+public class PublicKeyAuthenticator extends IpFilteredAuthenticator implements PublickeyAuthenticator {
     private File authorizedKeysDir;
 
     public PublicKeyAuthenticator(File authorizedKeysDir) {
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ public class PublicKeyAuthenticator implements PublickeyAuthenticator {
 
     @Override
     public boolean authenticate(String username, PublicKey key, ServerSession session) {
+        if (!ipAddressIsApproved(session)) return false;
+
         byte[] keyBytes = key.getEncoded();
         File keyFile = new File(authorizedKeysDir, username);
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 1c29280..b41235f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ port: 22
 # For less secure username and password based authentication, complete the sections below.
 credentials:
 #    user1: password1
-#    user2: password2
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+#    user2: password2
+
+# To enable the IP whitelist, add more lines below. Whitelist entries can be expressed
+# in CIDR notation (ip address/mask) for whitelisting a range of IP addresses.
+whitelist:
+#    - ::1/128
+#    - 127.0.0.0/8
+#    - 192.168.0.0/16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index de1a15e..b6cc7f1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name: SSHD
-version: "1.1"
+version: "1.2"
 author: Ryan Michela
 main: com.ryanmichela.sshd.SshdPlugin
\ No newline at end of file