Hello, I don't know why, but I'm getting a little fed up with break-in attempts happening every single day. Do I just have to accept this as a fact of life? I started keeping a list of IP addresses that I'm just going to blacklist, but this does not seem like a maintainable solution. For now, I'm just adding lines like so: ... -A INPUT -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j BLACKLIST ... -A BLACKLIST -j DROP ... What is common practice? Is it possible to blacklist any packets that come from a server from a given country? Thanks for the advice! Dave