On 04 Mar 2015, at 21:46 , Jim Pazarena <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-03-02 2:02 AM, Jochen Bern wrote: >> On 03/01/2015 08:53 AM, Jim Pazarena wrote: >>> I wonder if there is an easy way to provide dovecot a flat text file of >>> ipv4 #'s which should be ignored or dropped? >>> >>> I have accumulated 45,000+ IPs which routinely try dictionary and >>> 12345678 password attempts. The file is too big to create firewall >>> drops [...] >> >> The inherent assumption here is that dovecot, using a "flat file", will >> be able to process the block list more effectively than the firewall, >> which is a tool written for the *purpose* but supposedly unable to even >> *try* due to the list's size. That sounds ... counterintuitive. > > I am the original poster and just came back to this thread. When the > first couple replies were "fail2ban" I lost interest.
Why? Fail2ban is simple to install, simple to setup, and then (and here’s the best part) then you never have to look at it again. -- Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
