diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/download-phx2 b/inventory/group_vars/download-phx2
index 111eeca3d1..e44d0e0ab5 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/download-phx2
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/download-phx2
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
 
 # nfs mount options, overrides the all/default
 nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,actimeo=600,nfsvers=3"
+
+custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -s 143.106.60.118 -j DROP', '-A INPUT -s 143.106.60.112 -j DROP',   '-A INPUT -s 169.53.165.245 -j DROP', '-A INPUT -s 46.29.92.6 -j DROP', '-A INPUT -s 198.11.167.9 -j DROP', '-A INPUT -s 103.193.116.147 -j DROP', '-A INPUT -s 69.47.68.211 -j DROP' ]