On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 10:46:39 -0400, CodeHeads <codeheads@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ed, > Thank you, That what I was looking for to verify what I have learned so far. > > Question on entering IP address in IPTables, say I want to add a range to block > the whole ip range of 10.0.0.0 (example of course) > Can I do this: > $iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 10. -i eth0 -j DROP > OR > $iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 10.* -i eth0 -j DROP Either $iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/8 -i eth0 -j DROP or $iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -s 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 -i eth0 -j DROP will work.