-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Eastep [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, 9 August 2010 11:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] connection rejection

On 8/9/10 8:17 AM, Vieri Di Paola wrote:
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 8/9/10, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Shorewall blacklisting blacklists the SOURCE address, not the 
>> DESTINATION address. From the 'show connections' output, the original 
>> connection was TO 123.123.123.123, not FROM that host.
>>
>> So after blacklisting that IP, you can still connect to it.
> 
> Thanks.
> Is there a way to "dynamically" blacklist a destination address? (and 
> "de-blacklist" it)

No.

-Tom
-- 
Tom Eastep        \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________

Although at Linux command line you could do:

sudo ip route add blackhole 123.123.123.123 

And remove it with:

sudo ip route del blackhole 123.123.123.123 

Kind regards,

Trent O'Callaghan



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