AllowLists

Trusted IPs or subnets can be added to the allowlists so that the packets are not dropped due to any false positives in IPS or default drop rules in any firewall chains. Traffic from these IPs are always accepted before any additional processing takes place.

IPs or subnets are be temporarily added to the allowlist for a specific time period provided in seconds or until the next reboot. If a reboot happens within the given time period the entries would need to be added temporarily again.

IPs or subnets that need to be permanently allowed can be added with a timeout of 0.

One or more IPs or subnets can be added or deleted at a time

BlockLists

IPs or subnets which are deeemed to be bad or malicious content orignating from them, can be added to the blocklist. These IPs would be blocked as soon as it enters the netfilter chains so that no further processing is done.

IPs or subnets are be temporarily added to the blocklist for a specific time period provided in seconds or until the next reboot. If a reboot happens within the given time period the entries would need to be added temporarily again.

IPs or subnets that need to be permanently blocked can be added with a timeout of 0.

One or more IPs or subnets can be added or deleted at a time