Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:44:22 +0100 (CET) From: "Cordula's Web" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: dirkx@webweaving.org Cc: grant@thenetnow.com Subject: Re: Block IP Message-ID: <200311260944.hAQ9iH93052579@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20031125232021.T66019@skutsje.san.webweaving.org> (message from Dirk-Willem van Gulik on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:23:11 -0800 (PST)) References: <00c001c3b3a9$9d7fa8e0$6401a8c0@grant> <20031125232021.T66019@skutsje.san.webweaving.org>
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> > Can I block a certain IP address at the machine or interface level using > > freebsd? (No at the Apache or Sendmail level). > > > > CyberLaert monioting one of my hosts at the rate of 1.2 GB oer day! > > Easiest and quickest is to install the firewall - if it is not already in > your kernel, simply load it as a dynamic module. In a pinch (and if the > person causing problem is doing this by accident) you can try something > like "route add 12.34.56.78/32 127.0.0.1" which will make the tcp > handshake break. Which may cause the other end to realize somethign is > amiss. But it does not really stop the traffic. See ipfw(8). -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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