On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:01:19 -0700 Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > They are spammers attempting to subscribe to your list(s) via POSTs > to the web subscribe CGI. Presumably if they successfully > subscribe, they will then spam the list. > > If you have Mailman 2.1.16 or later, you can mitigate this by > setting > > SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET = "Some site specific string"
Another option might be using fail2ban. Almost all of my attackers come from the same few addresses in Vietnam. A few black hole routes and they were history. I haven't bothered with fail2ban yet, but it probably is a reasonable option. (Mine all have ALLCAPS@ addresses.) Perry -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
