Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3i] hosts.deny

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fabrice,

Merci, mais non.... my ISP/hoster wants to charge a hefty price for
firewall filtering... something I can't afford right now.  Thanks for the
input however.

~ Theophile


"Fabrice Prémel" wrote:

> >I have tried putting the unwanted IP's that i have into
> >/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf and have had good success with that.
> >Though I am not sure if this is a particularly good way to block out
> >people it did work for me.
>
> Note that editing access.conf, compiling ipchains in ... all share
> one point : the connection comes to your box, thus eating bandwidth.
> I would advise to call your ISP and have them block the IP : this
> way, it will not use any of your ressources.
>
> Just a quick note,
>
> Fabrice Prémel.
>
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