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Well that machine runs a web server that I need to be able to access from the Internet. So of course, it is exposed to the WAN. It just doesn't require access from abroad.

Thank you for your kind words! Of course I am aware that other solutions exist, however I didn't find any that do not require either continuous manual tinkering or installing a different OS, possibly on a dedicated machine. That's why I went ahead and made my own implementation.

Hi folks, Looking at my server logs and seeing constant automated attacks (luckily, so far unsuccessful), I came up with an idea to implement an automated solution for blocking traffic from anywhere outside my country. My server doesn't need to be accessible from abroad, and obviously most (in...