A Simple iptables Firewall Script to Block All Ports

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Feb 15, 2021

This simple script is very useful and very simple and will give you the basics of what you can do with Linux’s iptables firewall. This is a great way to restrict access to everything but except port 80 and give port 22 to certain IPs.

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