>>> >>> >> As John R Pierce mentioned one of your first rule in the chain is >> "RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere", this >> simply mean everything with "DROP" after it will be ignored. iptables >> will work its way down the chain, therefore you have to options >> 1. remove that line or >> 2. move it at the bottom of the chain. > > I am clearly missing some emails, because I didn't see a reply from John R > Pierce. My apologies. > I appreciate you restating this. I'll try to go make sense of iptables, given > the insight, > > thanks, > -chuck > OK, I went to the list archive and found the email in question. Also, one after it that asked how I added these rules. I ran a script after fail2ban was started. It looks like this: #!/bin/sh iptables -A INPUT -s 116.10.191.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 183.136.220.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 183.136.221.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 183.136.222.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 183.136.223.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 122.224.11.0/24 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -s 219.138.0.0/16 -j DROP so, how do I get them in front of the RH-Firewall-1-INPUT, or do I add them to that chain? -chuck -- ACCEL Services, Inc.| Specialists in Gravity, Magnetics | (713)993-0671 ph. | and Integrated Interpretation | (713)993-0608 fax 448 W. 19th St. #325| Since 1992 | (713)306-5794 cell Houston, TX, 77008 | Chuck Campbell | campbell at accelinc.com | President & Senior Geoscientist | "Integration means more than having all the maps at the same scale!"