[Gllug] iptables with 1000s of IP addresses

Martin A. Brooks martin at hinterlands.org
Sun Dec 28 18:41:18 UTC 2008


Richard Jones wrote:
> I've been slowly adding the IP addresses of people who (try to) add
> comment spam to my sites to a big IP drop list.  Currently each IP in
> the list is just added to a DROP rule in the INPUT table.

The mistake you're making is to allow a mechanism for other people to 
post content on your blog.

My blog is read-only (for other people).  If I wanted other people's 
opinions on stuff, I'd read their blog.

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