blocking most IPs (newbie question)

From: Eric Peterson (lastname_nospam_at_heritage.nv.gov)
Date: 11/09/04

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    Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:18:34 GMT

    I'm setting up a linux box for backing up computers in our office. The box
    is on a local IP behind a firewall so I'm pretty confident that it is not
    visible to the world. However, I do no our office computers are visible to
    computers in nearby offices within the same organization. I'd like to block
    out all incoming connections except those within our office (a very limited
    range of IPs). I've been googling for howtos a bit, but I don't really even
    know where to get started or just what to search for. Any suggestions?

    (using Debian, no GUI)

    Thanks! -Eric

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