diff --git a/accesscontrol/index.js b/accesscontrol/index.js
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+++ b/accesscontrol/index.js
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+'use strict';
+/**
+ * This plugin whitelists or blacklists source ip addresses
+ */
+
+var debug = require('debug')('plugin:accesscontrol');
+var util = require("util");
+const dns = require('dns');
+
+module.exports.init = function (config, logger, stats) {
+
+	var allow;
+	var deny;
+
+	/**
+	* This method reads allow and/or deby lists from the config.yaml
+	* applies the appropriate rule on the incoming message
+	*/
+	function checkAccessControlInfo(sourceIP) {
+		if (config === null) debug('WARNING: insufficient information to run accesscontrol');
+		else if (config.allow === null && config.deny === null) debug('WARNING: insufficient information to run accesscontrol');		
+		else if (config.allow != null) {
+			debug ('allow list: ' + util.inspect(config.allow, 2, true));
+			if (scanIP(config.allow, sourceIP)) {
+				allow = true;
+			}			
+		}
+		else if (config.deny != null) {
+			debug ('deny list: ' + util.inspect(config.deny, 2, true));
+			if (scanIP(config.deny, sourceIP)) {
+				debug ('deny incoming message');
+				deny = true;
+			}			
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* check if the parameter is valid IPv4 address
+	*/ 
+	function checkIsIPV4(entry) {
+	  var blocks = entry.split(".");
+	  if(blocks.length === 4) {
+	    return blocks.every(function(block) {
+	      return (block === '*' || (parseInt(block,10) >=0 && parseInt(block,10) <= 255));
+	    });
+	  }
+	  return false;
+	}
+
+	/** 
+	* for each list in the allow and deny, make sure they are proper
+	* IPv4 addresses
+	*/
+	function validateIPList(list) {
+		list.forEach(function(entry){
+			if (!checkIsIPV4(entry)) return false;
+		});
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	function scanIP(list, sourceIP) {
+
+		var sourceOctets = sourceIP.split('.');	
+		//no wildcard
+		for (var i=0; i < list.length; i++) {
+			//no wildcard
+			if (list[i].indexOf('*') == -1 && list[i] == sourceIP) {
+				return true;
+			} else if (list[i].indexOf('*') != -1) { //contains wildcard
+				var listOctets = list[i].split('.');
+				if (octetCompare(listOctets, sourceOctets)) return true;			
+			}
+		}
+		//did not match any in the list
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* the allow or deny list contains a wildcard. perform octet level
+	* comparision
+	*/
+	function octetCompare (listOctets, sourceOctets) {
+		var compare = false;
+		for (var i=0; i < listOctets.length; i++) {
+			//debug('list ' + listOctets[i] + ' sourceOctets ' + sourceOctets[i]);
+			if (listOctets[i] != '*' && parseInt(listOctets[i]) == parseInt(sourceOctets[i])) {
+				compare = true;
+			} else if (listOctets[i] != '*' && parseInt(listOctets[i]) != parseInt(sourceOctets[i])) {
+				return false;
+			} 
+		}
+		return compare;
+	}
+
+	/** 
+	* send error message to the user
+	*/
+	function sendError(res) {
+		var errorInfo = {
+			"code": "403",
+			"message": "Forbidden"
+		};
+		res.writeHead(403, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+		res.write(JSON.stringify(errorInfo));
+		res.end();
+	}
+
+	return {
+
+		onrequest: function(req, res, next) {
+			debug('plugin onrequest');
+			var host = req.headers.host;
+			debug ("source ip " + host);
+			var sourceIP = host.split(":");
+
+			if (checkIsIPV4(sourceIP[0])) {
+				checkAccessControlInfo(sourceIP[0]);
+				if (allow === false || deny === true)
+					sendError(res);
+			} else {
+				dns.lookup(sourceIP[0], (err, address, family) => {
+				  debug('address: %j family: IPv%s', address, family);
+				  if (err) {
+				  	debug(err);
+				  	sendError(res);
+				  }
+				  checkAccessControlInfo(address);
+				  if (allow === false || deny === true)
+				  	sendError(res);				  
+				});
+			}
+			next();
+		}		
+	};
+}
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diff --git a/accesscontrol/package.json b/accesscontrol/package.json
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+++ b/accesscontrol/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "edgemicro-access-control",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "This provides ip based whitelisting or blacklisting",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "srinandan",
+  "license": "Apache 2.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "debug": "^2.2.0"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/apigee/microgateway-plugins.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/apigee/microgateway-plugins/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/apigee/microgateway-plugins#readme"
+}
diff --git a/accesscontrol/test/accesscontrol-test.js b/accesscontrol/test/accesscontrol-test.js
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index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accesscontrol/test/accesscontrol-test.js
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ca049b7..5540030 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
   quota:require('./quota'),
   'quota-memory':require('./quota-memory'),
   spikearrest:require('./spikearrest'),
-  'transform-uppercase':require('./transform-uppercase')
-}
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+  'transform-uppercase':require('./transform-uppercase'),
+  accesscontrol:require('./accesscontrol')
+}