Although correct, you need to make sure that you insert into the firewall (iptables) at a point where it will actually matter (for instance, an explicit accept before it will pretty much make your new entry useless).
Tom Veldhouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Stout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:53 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] iptables > Hi. > > Quick question. I would like to block an ip temporarily. I would like to > accomplish this without modifying my firewall just on the fly. I am > banking that all I would need to do is type > > iptables -I INPUT -s [ip] -j DROP > > Am I on the right track or is this not correct. Any help would be > appreciated Thanks. > > -- > Aaron > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
