---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Annesley <paul.annesley@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:05:17 +1100 Subject: Re: Policy Accept + Allow Multiple IP's To: Rudi Starcevic <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:51:57 -0800, Rudi Starcevic <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Iptables firewall with a default policy of accept. > > I want to allow only certain IP's ssh access. > > So far I have this rule which allows 1 ip: > > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s ! xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j DROP > > I'm not sure how to list more that 1 allowable IP. > > This is a production box I've inherited so I'm hoping to work with I already > have but may need to look at changing the default policy to drop or > something. Perhaps you should look at making the policy DROP and allowing specific traffic.. However what you're after can be done with two rules.. something like; iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s x.x.x.x -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP > > Please advise, many thanks. > Regards Rudi > >