can only UNIX servers use IP banning? why?
by newbiesforever from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5PZNX)
For a certain troll-ridden forum I visit, I wondered why the site doesn't use IP banning like LQ--evident because the banned regularly make new accounts. I reviewed what IPs are and what IP banning is, and learned:Quote:
Does that mean, as implied, that only UNIX servers can IP ban (or at least IP ban easily)? Why would that be? Is it just some design feature that, after decades, other OSes haven't figured out how to implement?
| Unix-like operating systems commonly implement IP address blocking using TCP Wrapper, configured by host access control files[1] /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. |