Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:04:19 +0200 From: DanGer <danger@wilbury.sk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding network & IP to hosts.deny Message-ID: <1168543283.20041011120419@wilbury.sk> Resent-Message-ID: <200410111002.i9BA2tZ2032979@virtual.micronet.sk>
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Hello Subhro, Monday, October 11, 2004, 11:32:13 AM, you wrote: > The firewall would be definitely a better bet than host.deny. > If you are using ipfw you can simply add a couple of deny rules like: > ipfw add 100 deny all from 192.168.100.0/24 to me in > Regards > S. > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:46:40 +0200, Pelle Andersson <pelle@spd.nu> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I have a lot of login attempts from various networks and IP addresses >> on my FBSD 4.10 server. I have read the man pages for hosts.deny but >> do not understand how to add networks and IP addresses to it. >> >> Let's say I want to block the network address 192.168.100.0 and/or >> the IP address 192.168.135.77. >> >> What I understand is when using hosts.deny, I stopping them totally >> from using any networking services, right? >> >> Would it be better to let the built-in firewall (/etc/rc.firewall) >> to stopping them? I have the firewall activated and have changed >> the port for example SSH to a higher one. >> >> Could someone please provide me with some examples on either using >> hosts.deny or the default firewall? you should try hosts.allow alrady. for example: sshd : 192.168.135.77 : deny >> >> A big thanks in advance, >> Best Regards Pelle -- Best regards +----------==/\/\==----------+ | DanGer <danger@wilbury.sk> | | DanGer@IRCnet ICQ261701668 | | http://danger.homeunix.org | +----------==\/\/==----------+
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