On 7/18/10 2:53 PM, Alexander Maringer wrote:
> Ah, ok, thanks ... and now I have an idea .... Could it be ... that if
> the attacker does not start a new connection, he is not dropped, until
> he starts a new connection because the connection already exists?
> 
> So I have to kill all existing connections?

Yes -- unless you configure BLACKLISTNEWONLY=No in shorewall.conf,
adding an IP address to the blacklist does not affect existing connections.

-Tom
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