[CentOS] denying access from ip address with iptables

[Bryan J. Smith]

Andrew Rice <andrew at nams.net> wrote:
> Can someone tell me if I edit the iptables file manually to
> create a rule to deny ANY access to a server or do I need
to
> use the gui?

You can do it a number of ways.

You can run the iptables command directly and the command
line, then run "service iptables save" and it will integrate
it into the "/etc/sysconfig/iptables" ruleset.

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