[BlueOnyx:13108] Re: dovecot not registering with failed logins?

Gerald Waugh gwaugh at frontstreetnetworks.com
Sun May 26 06:52:05 -05 2013


On 05/25/2013 10:11 PM, Chuck Tetlow wrote:
> *That IP Tables ****rule won't work.*  You're missing the rule number,
> and have the wrong rule name.  And the "-d 0/0" isn't really needed -
> it means " whole world" and is assumed if not given
/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -d 0/0 -j DROP

not looking for trouble, but to say a rule 'won't' work, when it does is
a little troubling.
the rule does work on my servers, as it immediately blocks an attack on
the server
as seen by an immediate cessation of the attack.

Gerald

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