Hi,

The recidive jail does this , to some extent. Maybe it's already enough
for what you need?

Kind regards,

        Tom


On 01-06-17 07:34, Philip Warner wrote:
> I've set up a ban that runs for B time after F fails in T minutes.
> 
> After each IP is un-banned, what I would like to do is, say, decrement F
> (or even halve it) for each IP that was previously banned in a given
> window. Or double B. Or both.
> 
> For example:
> 
> - specific IP banned for 1 hour as a result of 10 fails in 30 min.
> - then un-banned after 1 hour
> 
> I would like something along the lines of:
> 
> - for the next 4 hours will be banned again for one hour for *FIVE*
> fails in 30 min.
> 
> or
> 
> - for the next 4 hours will be banned again for *TWO* hours for *FIVE*
> fails in 30 min.
> 
> etc
> 
> Is this easy/possible?
> 
> I imagine there would be a global 'horizon' setting, and each IP would
> have some kind of "ban severity level" incremented each time it gets
> banned again within the horizon, and decremented each time the horizon
> passes without a ban.
> 
> The ban duration would/could be affected by the "ban severity level" and
> the ban threshold could be similarly affected.
> 
> Does this sound useful?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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