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New page: = Block an IP address = You might have found an IP address attacking your linux computer, for example, by looking at the /var/log/auth.log file. You can use ''iptables'' to block the 11...

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= Block an IP address =

You might have found an IP address attacking your linux computer, for example, by looking at the /var/log/auth.log file.
You can use ''iptables'' to block the 11.22.33.44 IP address to and from your linux computer:

sudo iptables -I INPUT -s 11.22.33.44 -j DROP
sudo iptables -I OUTPUT -d 11.22.33.44 -j DROP

You can also see the status of the blocked IP addresses:
sudo iptables -vnL

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Leo: New page: = Block an IP address = You might have found an IP address attacking your linux computer, for example, by looking at the /var/log/auth.log file. You can use ''iptables'' to block the 11...