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Block Access to Your Web Server with a Linux APF iptables Firewall Blocklist
Blocklists compiled and maintained by Wizcrafts Computer Services
Wizcrafts has been publishing .htaccess formatted IP blocklists (a.k.a. blacklists), for Apache-based websites, since 2005. They are used by many webmasters to deny access to spammers, scammers, scrapers, harvesters and server exploiters. Now, due to numerous requests, we are making the same IP blocklists available in a format suitable for use in many software and hardware firewalls, especially those running on Linux based operating systems. These are not advanced policy firewall rules, just straight, one-per-line IP addresses, or CIDRs, that are used in advanced policy firewalls (APF) as includes.
This page is not a tutorial in the use of iptables blocklists; there are plenty available on the 'Net (use the Google searchbox further down the page). The blocklists linked to below are for people who already know how to apply them to their servers, or firewalls. You must have Root access to the server to install these iptables blocklists.
There is an example, on Never Ending Security, of an Apache Server ipset script that is importing my iptable blocklists.
To use iptables blocklists you must have a dedicated, or semi-dedicated, or VPS server, with root access to the server. Check out Hostgator's Shared, VPS and dedicated server hosting plans
Here are links to our iptables blocklists:
- Chinese iptables blocklist
- Nigerian iptables blocklist
- Russian iptables blocklist
- South American (LACNIC) iptables blocklist
Last updated: Chinese (BD) blocklist, on April 13, 2024.
File download tools (e.g., Wget, curl, csf, etc) have taken a toll on my bandwidth with no financial compensation. So, as of January 2, 2019, all iptables blocklists are inside zip files to conserve bandwidth on my hosting account. The zip files will be updated if I find new IP addresses to block. Otherwise, consider them archived.
Want to download this iptables blocklist as a separate plain text file, but without any ads, nags, HTML, or zip file? If you have a static IP, I can provide direct access to my blocklists in iptables format, ready to be imported into your APF rules. Wget is allowed for downloading my blocklists. Contact me via my Webmaster inquiries form with your details and the IP address where you will be downloading the blocklist from. I will setup direct access to the iptables text file for a one time fee of $106.00, payable via PayPal. Note that direct access is tied to a fixed ip address. If your ip address will be changing let me know in advance.
For webmasters lacking root access to their servers, we publish .htaccess format blocklists, for use on individual Apache-based websites. All you require is FTP or file manager upload access and the ability to see unhide and edit your .htaccess file, with "mod_authz_host" overrides.
We can create custom blocklists for Linux/Apache based websites, based on your particular needs, at reasonable hourly rates. If you want to hire us to create a custom blocklist, or install a .htaccess blocklist on your server for you, contact us through our Webmaster Services contact form.
This blocklist is compiled and maintained by Wizcrafts Computer Services. © 2006 - 2025.
No warranties are implied or stated and we are not liable for any problems that may arise from it's use. Use it at your own risk!
Wizcrafts does not provide any blocking services, nor do we know who is using our blocklists.
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