How to use the firewall on your server to manage incoming and outgoing connections
Here's how to use the firewall on your server to manage incoming and outgoing connections
A firewall can help you to protect your server from bot attacks, setting them up securely for use with your proxies and more!
Navigate to witherpanel.com.
Click on the Networking TAB.

You can now see where we can add firewall rules.

Click on the Create Rule button you can see above; this will bring up the options.

Here you can enter what you would like to do with this firewall rule.
ACCEPT = allow the IP address(s) to talk with your server
DROP = block the IP address(s) from talking to your server
Example:
0.0.0.0/0 with DROP.
123.45.67.89 with DROP
123.45.67.0/24 with DROP
🤔 What use is a firewall? 🤔
A firewall can help you to protect your server from bot attacks, setting them up securely for use with your proxies and more!
💡 How to use it 💡
Navigate to witherpanel.com.
Click on the Networking TAB.

You can now see where we can add firewall rules.

Click on the Create Rule button you can see above; this will bring up the options.

Here you can enter what you would like to do with this firewall rule.
Rule Type:
ACCEPT = allow the IP address(s) to talk with your server
DROP = block the IP address(s) from talking to your server
Example:

👍 Some useful examples of IP address formatting 👍
Block all incoming connections:
0.0.0.0/0 with DROP.
Block all connections from the IP 123.45.67.89:
123.45.67.89 with DROP
Block all connections from all IPs in 123.45.67.0-123.45.67.255:
123.45.67.0/24 with DROP
Updated on: 24/02/2023
Thank you!