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+import urllib.request
+import json
+import subprocess
+import threading
+
+# URL to fetch banned IPs
+BAN_LIST_URL = "https://bcsservers.ballistica.workers.dev/fetchbannedips"
+
+
+def fetch_banned_ips():
+    """Fetch the list of banned IPs from the server using urllib."""
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(BAN_LIST_URL) as response:
+            data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
+            return json.loads(data)
+    except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+        print(f"Error fetching banned IPs: {e}")
+        return {}
+
+
+def is_ip_blocked(ip):
+    """Check if the IP is already blocked in iptables."""
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["iptables", "-L", "-n", "-v"],
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        return ip in result.stdout
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error checking iptables for IP {ip}: {e}")
+        return False
+
+
+def block_ip(ip):
+    """Block the given IP for UDP traffic using iptables."""
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["iptables", "-A", "INPUT", "-s", ip, "-p", "udp", "-j", "DROP"],
+            check=True,
+        )
+        print(f"Blocked IP: {ip}")
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"Error blocking IP {ip}: {e}")
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main function to fetch banned IPs and block them."""
+    banned_ips = fetch_banned_ips()
+    for ip, details in banned_ips.items():
+        if not is_ip_blocked(ip):
+            print(
+                f"Blocking IP: {ip} (Reason: {details.get('reason', 'No reason provided')})")
+            block_ip(ip)
+        else:
+            print(f"IP {ip} is already blocked.")
+
+
+def schedule_main():
+    """Schedule the main function to run every hour."""
+    main()
+    print("Scheduled to run again in 1 hour...")
+    # Schedule to run after 1 hour
+    threading.Timer(3600, schedule_main).start()