Banning users via IP at admin/config/people/ip-blocking only prevents said ip from accessing the site but it would be ideal if there was an optional way to specify a custom command i.e iptables -A INPUT -s IP-ADDRESS -j DROP in linux to reject it from access any sites on the server.

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sun
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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

IP-based blocking has to be executed very carefully — you definitely do not want to block a spammer's IP permanently, because in the vast majority of cases the originating IP is temporarily abused only.

Mollom takes care of properly dealing with IP addresses already.