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From: "andy t" <g_et1@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: block hacker ?
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if i wanna block 217.85.114.*, can i do this ?

ipfw add deny ip from 217.85.114.0 to myip ?

Thank you.


>From: German Tischler <tanis@gaspode.franken.de>
>To: andy t <g_et1@hotmail.com>
>CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: block hacker ?
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:07:49 +0200
>
>On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:55:51PM -0000, andy t wrote:
> >
> > someone with ip: 217.85.114.188 hostname: pD95572BC.dip.t-dialin.net 
>tried
> > to hack my box.
> >
> > how do i block him ? <ignore any connection from that ip> ?
>
>As this is apparently a dynamically allocated dialup address,
>blocking the IP probably won't help you.
>Maybe it is a good idea to start with a "default to deny" firwall
>and then open what you need.
>
>If you still want to do the above
>
>	ipfw add deny ip from 217.85.114.188 to <yourip>
>
>would do that.
>
>You should also check if you have any useless services running on
>your machine.
>
>--gt
><< attach3 >>

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