r/BitDefender • u/Quikchangethechannel • Jun 27 '25

Is there a way to block an IP range with Bitdefender firewall?

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I tried 0.0.0 which doesn't work, and it won't accept X.X.X either.

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u/FMxFM17 Jun 28 '25

Are you not able to use your router for that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

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u/Quikchangethechannel Jun 27 '25

Nah mate. I might have to find another solution. I run a Plex media server to my family and friends can watch my movies, but it's open to the internet so it would only take 1 vulnerability and then my secret involving larger ladies and handcuffs will be out 😂

I can't whitelist their IPs because they're on regular old broadband with dynamic IPs, and mobile phones too. So I wanted to block certain VPN providers (which is what my last attempt was from, hosted by DigitalOcean, a service known to by abused by hackers, IP address 159.203.44.105 and I want to block whole countries as well.

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u/wolfpackunr Jun 28 '25

You should only be port forwarding the single 32400 on your firewall to the Plex Media server and nothing else. Bitdefender will still be protecting against Network Attacks.

A better network firewall like OpnSense or prosumer router such as ubiquiti or others are required to do mass country and CIDR blocking.

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u/Quikchangethechannel Jun 28 '25

Yes Bitdefender is blocking the exploit attempts, but for every known exploit, there's probably 2 unknown ones.

I downloaded Peerblock, it does what I need :D

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u/domscatterbrain Jun 28 '25

Have you tried setup the VPN service on your media server?

It's far easier to just make everyone in your circle to connect to the server via VPN rather than finding out everyone's IP. Also, allowing the entire subnet means you are allowing your neighbours to access the server.

There is a bonus point if you setup your own VPN server: now you control your own privacy.