Re: Blocking incoming IP address immediately

From: Jeff Franks (jfranks1970_at_charter.net)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:50:56 -0600

omg....i'm an idiot.

That explains a LOT of things I've ran into during this. geez, you'd think
I'da seen that one coming.

I'll give that a try and let you know. Thanks for the help!

jf

"Nico Declerck" <Nico.Declerck@UGent.be> wrote in message
news:cohsom$r59$1@gaudi2.UGent.be...
> Jeff Franks wrote:
>
>>> Just one question to be on the safe side... The iptables-firewall and
>>> the
>>> "Roger Wilco" game are one and the same machine??? right?
>>
>> No the iptables firewall is on a stand-alone RedHat 9 server. It's only
>> function right now is to provide NAT and a firewall for my internal LAN.
>> The game and the Roger Wilco are on a seperate server and the ports are
>> forwarded in to it. That, by the way, is working like a champ. The game
>> is
>> up and the RW is working fine. My only issue is how to block specific IP
>> addresses on the fly without effecting the other connections.
>
> What I don't understand then is why you try to block them in the
> INPUT-chain.... You should try the FORWARD chain...
>
> The INPUT chain is used strictly for processes that run on your firewall,
> if
> the game server is another machine, the packets will go through the
> FORWARD
> chain, even if the firewall has to perform NAT.
>
> prompt
>

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