How To Block IP address from command line in APF Firewall - Linux Server?

[Shane]

Hello All,

In order block IP address from APF Firewall at command line one need to execute below mentioned commands:

1) Login into the server via shell access.
2) Go to the path of APF firewall. It should be:
/etc/apf
3) Edit the file deny_hosts.rules.
vi deny_hosts.rules
4) One can add IP address and save file to block the IP address.

That’s it!

Thanks,

Shane G.
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