Banning hostnames.

[jmweb]

how do you ban hostnames via iptables? Ips are something else but hostnames, not sure how.

[BrightAdmin]

Hi jmweb,

You can give domain name instead of ip , but it will be resolved when you add it (so it's exactly the same as adding the address it points to). the command is:

iptables -I INPUT -s domain name -j DROP

But if a single IP is shared by more than host then it is not possible with iptables.

Alternative for this is :

You can block any hostname with a deny from in .htaccess or the virtualhost directive if you wish.

Regards,

Bright