Help needed to create an alias

[hushcoden]

I'd want to create an alias using the block list https://rules.emergingthreats.net/fwrules/emerging-Block-IPs.txt and from my understanding - reading here - I should select the type 'networks', but unfortunately I get the error that the entry is not a network, can someone advise, please?

Tia.

[Patrick M. Hausen]

You should use "URL Table (IPs)"

[hushcoden]

Can you explain why? That link is a list of networks e.g. 2.57.122.0/24 and "URL Table (IPs)" should be used with a list of IP addresses, or am I missing something?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

IP adresses or networks in CIDR notation. But text with one entry per line. There's also an option for JSON formatted data.

All other object types are for data defined in the alias, not for downloding lists.

[DEC740airp414user]

I just created a new Alias:
URL/ IP.  and it created 1626 objects. 

url table IP did the same number.   but allowed a refresh cycle

[hushcoden]

So, can you please show me an example of a (block) list which would be compatible with the alias type "Networks"?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Networks is locally entered data. So you can create an alias named e.g. rfc1918 and put 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12 and 10.0.0.0/18 in it.

Only URL and GeoIP aliases actively pull in data.

[hushcoden]

Alright, thanks Patrick.