# Access restrictions **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE)\ **Created:** [January 29, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-restrictions/117457 "2018-01-29T12:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lafunamor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lafunamor/32/22571_2.png) [@Lafunamor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lafunamor)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-restrictions/117457/1 "2018-01-29T12:47:43Z")
Hi guys, Is there a way to restrict access to a ES instance on ECE? I've played around with IP filtering but due to the design, ES instances only se traffic from the proxies. Usually proxies provide something like an X-Forwarded-For header with the source IP. Is there a similar system I could leverage or do you have an other suggestion for an additional way to restrict access (except username / password)? Thanks for your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-restrictions/117457/2 "2018-02-12T12:48:33Z")
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Piggott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_piggott/32/11053_2.png) [@Alex\_Piggott](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Piggott)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/access-restrictions/117457/3 "2018-03-15T20:13:36Z")
Hi @Lafunamor - sorry nobody answered you on this. Currently IP filtering or similar 2FA-type things aren't supported, we are looking at adding this very soon though Alex