IPTABLES - blocking IPs simplified
You can block an IP from IPTABLES by using
iptables -I INPUT -s 192.168.0.88 -j DROP
You can simplify things a little bit by using a shell script and a predefined text file containing the IPs we want to be blocked. Either create a new file or add the following at the end of the script which activates the firewall:
#!/bin/sh
for i in $(< bad_hosts.lst) ; do
iptables -I INPUT -i eth1 -s “$i” -j DROP
done
Now create a new file in the same directory and name it bad_hosts.lst and add a new IP to be blocked on every single line, like in the example below:
192.168.2.99
192.168.2.67
86.138.2.7
