On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 20:00 +0800, cKBoy wrote: > What command would block an IP address(es) from having internet access? And > could it be done for a limited time? > > > That's a pretty straightforward problem easily answered by reading the documentation unless I misunderstand your question. You can find an excellent tutorial at http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html There are also some slightly dated slide training slide shows in the training section of the ISCS network security management project at http://iscs.sourceforge.net Good luck - John -- John A. Sullivan III Open Source Development Corporation +1 207-985-7880 jsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Financially sustainable open source development http://www.opensourcedevel.com