Block IP addresses: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:00, 3 January 2013

Install Firestarter GUI for iptables:

sudo gedit /etc/rsyslog.d/99-fixlog.conf

*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
        auth,authpriv.none;\
        cron,daemon.none;\
        mail,news.none -/var/log/messages

sudo service rsyslog restart

To block 123.11.112.1 with iptables:

iptables -I INPUT -s 123.11.112.1 -j DROP

To enable this functionality in firestarter edit this file:

sudo gedit /etc/firestarter/user-post

Add the following line to the /etc/firestarter/user-post file (file could be empty):

$IPT -I INPUT -s 123.11.112.1 -j DROP

Restart service:

sudo service firestarter restart

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-Install Firtestarter iptables GUI:
+== Install ==
+Install Firestarter GUI for iptables:
 * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo
-To fix an error with the syslog at startup:
+== Fix syslog error at startup ==
 * https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firestarter/+bug/776361
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 <syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
 sudo service rsyslog restart
+</syntaxhighlight>
+== Enable block rule ==
+To block 123.11.112.1 with iptables:
+<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
+iptables -I INPUT -s 123.11.112.1 -j DROP
+</syntaxhighlight>
+To enable this functionality in firestarter edit this file:
+<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
+sudo gedit /etc/firestarter/user-post
+</syntaxhighlight>
+Add the following line to the /etc/firestarter/user-post file (file could be empty):
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+$IPT -I INPUT -s 123.11.112.1 -j DROP
+</pre>
+</blockquote>
+Restart service:
+<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
+sudo service firestarter restart
 </syntaxhighlight>