How To Block All Traffic From China Using iptables and ipset on Amazon Linux

Author: , October 24th, 2019

All credit to Matt Wilcox for this excellent article, for which this post is based – thank you, Matt! https://mattwilcox.net/web-development/unexpected-ddos-blocking-china-with-ipset-and-iptables/ All commands run as root!

Do this once only:

Then add blockchina to the root cron

Rock On

Author: , January 25th, 2011

Worked like a madman yesterday to be ready for launch at midnight. At 10pm, the launch was scrubbed and reset back 24 hours. Whew! This is a wild project. Hopefully we can get everything under control today and launch tonight. That would ease the pressure on everyone considerably. Crashed by 10:30, and been up since […]

I Love the New Cisco SA520 Firewall

Author: , December 4th, 2009

Wow! This thing is REALLY quick. Configures VERY easily, has every feature I need and browsing is lightning fast now.