From 161ea0eaf4d37ba03d5064e222e07363bcb323c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sigonasr2 <sigonasr2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:09:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a line to remove the rule first, in case it already
 existed

---
 GiteaBlocker/main.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/GiteaBlocker/main.cpp b/GiteaBlocker/main.cpp
index bb12293..254b8fd 100644
--- a/GiteaBlocker/main.cpp
+++ b/GiteaBlocker/main.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int main(){
 				user.totalHits++;
 				if(user.totalHits>tooFrequentAccess){
 					ipBanList.insert(ipAddr);
+					std::system(std::format("iptables -D INPUT -s {} -j DROP",ipAddr).c_str()); //In case the rule already existed, we are going to remove it first... No effect if it does not exist.
 					std::system(std::format("iptables -I INPUT 1 -s {} -j DROP",ipAddr).c_str());
 					std::cout<<std::format("New offender {} detected and added to banlist!",ipAddr)<<std::endl;
 				}