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On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:12 am, Grant Peel wrote:
> Can I block a certain IP address at the machine or interface level using
> freebsd? (No at the Apache or Sendmail level).

If you dont want to do it in your daemons, then your only other options are to
install a firewall, or buy some sort of special hardware firewall device.

> (no firewall installed currently).

That would be the best thing to do,  you should probably have a firewall 
installed already anyway *grin*

Regards
Jacob

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