Re: [Fwbuilder-discussion] How do you add & toggle a single, temporary rule to a running FirewallBuilder-generated firewall?

[Erich T. <eri...@th...>]

Hi Shannon

on 01.11.2012 02:19, sha...@15... wrote:
> Hi!
> ...
> 
> I *think* you add an "early" firewall rule directly in Iptables to do
> that, while logged into the shell.  But how do I make sure that what I
> add *IS* before everything else -- all the chains and stuff -- in
> FirewallBuilder?  And once I temporarily add that rule, I need to make
> sure I can remove just that one, too.

You could add a branching rule to a well defined table early in the
sequence of rules. I typically use a branch table with the name
'dynamic' to automagically block and release unwanted traffic based on,
for example, ssh scans to block specific addresses.

cheers

Erich