Option Meaning -h, --help Show this message -l, --status List/Show iptables configuration -l6, --status6 List/Show ip6tables configuration -s, --start Start firewall rules -f, --stop Flush/Stop firewall rules (Note: lfd may restart csf) -r, --restart Restart firewall rules -q, --startq Quick restart (csf restarted by lfd) -sf, --startf Force CLI restart regardless of LFDSTART setting -a, --add ip Allow an IP and add to /etc/csf.allow -ar, --addrm ip Remove an IP from /etc/csf.allow and delete rule -d, --deny ip Deny an IP and add to /etc/csf.deny -dr, --denyrm ip Unblock an IP and remove from /etc/csf.deny -df, --denyf Remove and unblock all entries in /etc/csf.deny -g, --grep ip Search the iptables rules for an IP match (incl. CIDR) -t, --temp Displays the current list of temp IP entries and their TTL -tr, --temprm ip Remove an IPs from the temp IP ban and allow list -td, --tempdeny ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] Add an IP to the temp IP ban list. ttl is how long to blocks for (default:seconds, can use one suffix of h/m/d). Optional port. Optional direction of block can be one of: in, out or inout (default:in) -ta, --tempallow ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] Add an IP to the temp IP allow list (default:inout) -tf, --tempf Flush all IPs from the temp IP entries -cp, --cping PING all members in an lfd Cluster -cd, --cdeny ip Deny an IP in a Cluster and add to /etc/csf.deny -ca, --callow ip Allow an IP in a Cluster and add to /etc/csf.allow -cr, --crm ip Unblock an IP in a Cluster and remove from /etc/csf.deny -cc, --cconfig [name] [value] Change configuration option [name] to [value] in a Cluster -cf, --cfile [file] Send [file] in a Cluster to /etc/csf/ -crs, --crestart Cluster restart csf and lfd -w, --watch ip Log SYN packets for an IP across iptables chains -m, --mail [addr] Display Server Check in HTML or email to [addr] if present -lr, --logrun Initiate Log Scanner report via lfd -c, --check Check for updates to csf but do not upgrade -u, --update Check for updates to csf and upgrade if available -uf Force an update of csf -x, --disable Disable csf and lfd -e, --enable Enable csf and lfd if previously disabled -v, --version Show csf version