Simplest way to deny access to a class C

Outback Dingo outbackdingo at gmail.com
Sat Mar 5 00:30:39 UTC 2011


On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Patrick Gibson <gibblertron at gmail.com>wrote:

> fail2ban by default only bans an IP for 10 minutes, and that's
> configurable. It can also email you anytime it imposes a ban, so one
> can keep an eye on things at least in the beginning to see if it's
> causing a problem for legitimate users.
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Gary Gatten <Ggatten at waddell.com> wrote:
> > Be careful of automated responses.  What if someone spoofs IP's of legit
> users / customers / whatever and your automated response blocks them?  Not
> good.
> >
> > I thought about blocking....well, never mind - might pi$$ someone off and
> attract unwanted attention...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:
> owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Gibson
> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:58 PM
> > To: Jorge Biquez
> > Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Simplest way to deny access to a class C
> >
> > You might consider mod_security (/usr/ports/www/mod_security) which
> > can be set up to ban hosts based on behaviour or characteristics.
> >
> > Or fail2ban (/usr/ports/security/py-fail2ban) is really great, too, in
> > that it scans whatever logs you want, and can trigger a block in your
> > firewall if enough violating log entries are found within a particular
> > period of time. Everything is totally configurable, and there are
> > plenty of examples that come with it.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez at intranet.com.mx>
> wrote:
> >> Hello all.
> >>
> >> I am sorry in advance if this question sounds too stupid.
> >>
> >> I have a small server for personal use of webpages running:
> >>
> >> 7.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.3-PRERELEASE #0
> >>
> >> it is working fine , no problem very stable.
> >>
> >> I just need to block some IP class C address that are always trying to
> >> "discover" directories or applications under the web server. They do not
> do
> >> and can not do anything since this server has nothing installed but i am
> >> tired of seeing in the logs all the intents they do every 2-3 seconds.
> >>
> >> I have not installed any kind of firewall yet.
> >> What do you think is the best way to accomplish this task? If possible
> the
> >> easiest one. I do not want to do anything else but just bloc IP's, at
> this
> >> moment at least.
>

I wonder why nobodies mentioned a quite simple method with tcpwrappers and
hosts.allow / hosts.deny also




> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Jorge Biquez
> >>
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