Add: route add -host attacker_ip  127.0.0.1 -blackhole
Remove:   route delete -host attacker_ip  127.0.0.1 -blackhole
The above will route all traffic from the “attacker_ip” to a blackhole.
This is useful when you see someone relentlessly attacking any daemon on your server (ssh, http, ftp, etc).
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