Re: how to reject all connections? [was: Re: IP's]

2003-02-19 Thread Jeremy Gaddis
>> If you needed to specify the network address of all hosts, it would take >> the form 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0, which I believe can be written as 0.0.0.0/0 for >> short (please confirm this before using it). > > Yes, that sounds right. ipchains also accepts 0/0. I haven't used iptables, but I assume it

Re: how to reject all connections? [was: Re: IP's]

2003-02-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:10:51PM +1100, Michael Wardle wrote: > Would it not be easier to set the default target to DENY or REJECT? Aww, but that would be the *easy* way... > If you needed to specify the network address of all hosts, it would take > the form 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0, which I believe ca

how to reject all connections? [was: Re: IP's]

2003-02-17 Thread Michael Wardle
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003 13:44, John F. wrote: > I would like to tell my firewall to deny all connections from any IP > address. What would I put as the IP to be blocked? Would it not be easier to set the default target to DENY or REJECT? If you needed to specify the network address of all