Ban Bitcoin nodes that are using AWS IP addresses

Script to ban all Amazon Web Services IP address ranges. Protect your node's ressources from VPS nodes.

The list of AWS IP ranges is obtained from http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-ip-ranges.html

Requirements for the bash script (ban.sh)

Command-line JSON processor jq.

Install on Debian-based Linux

sudo apt-get install jq

Download and use the script

git clone https://github.com/iioch/ban-aws-bitcoin-nodes.git

Run:

cd ban-aws-bitcoin-nodes   
chmod u+x ban.sh   
./ban.sh

To view banned IP addresses:

bitcoin-cli listbanned

To clear banned IP addresses:

bitcoin-cli clearbanned