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# 1  
Old 07-26-2008
Restricting IPs on Linux?
I have a need to allow only certain IP addresses to access a machine running Linux. I don't know how would i do it, not an expert at CMD?

Thanks in advance for your help.
# 2  
Old 07-26-2008
try man hosts_allow --

There are two files: /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny each uses a kind of very simple control language based mostly on domain names or ip addresses.

Edit them to suit your requirements
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 07-26-2008 at 12:47 PM..
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Old 07-28-2008
firewall
What version of linux are you running?
On Fedora there is a "system-config-firewall" command which has a gui interface.
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