[Shared] Re: [Linux-disciples] Postfix Auto-Blacklist

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 10:24:12AM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 09:39:21AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> > I could write another ssh_login_blocker type script to do it, but I
> > wonder if anyone knows of any more "built in" way to do this with
> > postfix?
> Once we've figured out this question, I wonder if there's
> some general approach to blacklisting. It seems silly to
> have to repeat blacklisting for weblog comments, emails,
> ssh, etc., etc.

The thing is--attacks on each of those systems are very different in
terms of detection and blocking.  You could probably put together a
package or metapackage that dealt with all sorts of attacks, but I don't
think it could possibly employ a single "method"--it would just be a
collection of various hacks, one for weblogs, one for email, ssh, web
robots, etc..
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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