Iptables block ip address – Security Shell Script

Create /root/iptables/blocked.ips file as follows with list of ips and subnets to block entering your dedicated server:

192.168.1.0/24
202.54.1.2
# spam
202.5.1.2

Call following script from your existing shell script:

#!/bin/bash
# Simple iptables IP/subnet block script
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2004 nixCraft project <http://www.cyberciti.biz/fb/>
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
IPT=/sbin/iptables
SPAMLIST="spamlist"
SPAMDROPMSG="SPAM LIST DROP"
BADIPS=$(egrep -v -E "^#|^$" /root/iptables/blocked.ips)
 
# create a new iptables list
$IPT -N $SPAMLIST
 
for ipblock in $BADIPS
do
   $IPT -A $SPAMLIST -s $ipblock -j LOG --log-prefix "$SPAMDROPMSG"
   $IPT -A $SPAMLIST -s $ipblock -j DROP
done
 
$IPT -I INPUT -j $SPAMLIST
$IPT -I OUTPUT -j $SPAMLIST
$IPT -I FORWARD -j $SPAMLIST

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