{"id":3521,"date":"2014-08-31T05:39:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:46:43","slug":"blocking-abusive-ip-addresses-using-iptables-firewall-in-debianubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/blocking-abusive-ip-addresses-using-iptables-firewall-in-debianubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Iptables Block IP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today we’ll show you how to block ip address using iptables. In the following article we are adding a blacklist to the firewall script which will allow you to block any abusive IP addresses or ranges of IPs in your Debian<\/strong> or Ubuntu<\/strong> based virtual server. Iptables is a user space application program that allows a system administrator to configure the tables provided by the Linux kernel firewall (implemented as different Netfilter modules<\/em>) and the chains and rules it stores. Blocking an IP address using iptables is fairly easy task and it should take no more then 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Before proceeding any further, make sure you read the tutorial on how to secure\/design the firewall in your linux vps<\/a>. This includes:<\/p>\n