ok, ive tried a fair bit to get this to work, and i really dont understand why it dosent.
ive got a Slackware 9.1 p120 box acting as a router/firewall, using iptables

Basically i want to be able to block specific IP addresses. The rest of the firewall/routing functions seem to work fine but i cant get it to block
I have tried adding $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s IPAddress -j DROP in my firewall script, but it dosent seem to do anything, i can still access that ip address.

The input part of my iptables -L
*(the line with the star is my attempt at blocking)


Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spt:mmcc
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spt:5051
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 255.255.255.255 udp dpt:bootpc
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:4662
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:rfa
*DROP all -- HOSTED-BY.VIRTUALXS.COM anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
DROP all -- 10.0.0.0/8 anywhere
DROP all -- 172.16.0.0/12 anywhere
DROP all -- 192.168.0.0/16 anywhere
DROP all -- 169.254.0.0/16 anywhere
DROP all -- anywhere loopback/8
DROP igmp -- anywhere anywhere
DROP tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:http
DROP tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning prefix `|iptables -- '


anyone have any ideas?

First off: When trying to connect to this site, do you connect from your slackware box or from a client behind your firewall?

the client behind the router.

Then you will have to set the blocking rule in the FORWARD chain.
Packets forwarded never pass the INPUT or OUTPUT chains.
For a more detailed view have a look at http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.n...-tutorial.html

ok, i have now tried putting it in the forward table also, with no luck.
The first line in my Forward section is
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s (ip to block) -j DROP

giving a forward table of:

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
DROP all -- anywhere HOSTED-BY.VIRTUALXS.COM
ACCEPT all -- anywhere 192.168.0.0/24 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere 192.168.0.199 tcp dpt:4662
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere



i checked out that linkage too, it didnt seem to say anything about ip blocking.

Ooops!
It was actually working, its just that site had some alternate IPs that it used instead. So i tested it on a different site, works a charm.
Thanks heaps, ive been tearing my hair out over this for ages.
Such a simple answer too.