i have done that and checked with ethereal..still that source address is not blocked. It is still broadcasting ARP packets..a lot. On 7/13/05, Cedric Blancher <blancher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Le mercredi 13 juillet 2005 à 18:52 +0800, liyas_m m a écrit : > > The problem is when i try to block traffic from certain address , it > > just does not work > > e.g > > iptables -A INPUT -s 10.5.33.22 -j DROP > > If your work on routed traffic, then you have to put this rule on > FORWARD chaine : > > iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.5.33.22 -j DROP > > > -- > http://sid.rstack.org/ > PGP KeyID: 157E98EE FingerPrint: FA62226DA9E72FA8AECAA240008B480E157E98EE > >> Hi! I'm your friendly neighbourhood signature virus. > >> Copy me to your signature file and help me spread! >