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Date:      Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:56:45 -0700
From:      Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
To:        tundra@tundraware.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can sasl/sendmail Report IP Of Failed Access?
Message-ID:  <CAFuo_fzrOQiUR=NkoeiNY5q7=Zovx3mNFdZ9dT=ZE3SK7ow3yg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 4, 2013 9:00 AM, "Tim Daneliuk" <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote:
>
> I am seeing login dictionary attacks on a FreeBSD mail server being
> reported.  Is there a way to determine the IPs that are doing this
> so they can be blocked at the firewall?   auth.log only
> notes the attempted user name, not the IP of origin.
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On Jun 4, 2013 9:00 AM, "Tim Daneliuk" <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote:
>
> I am seeing login dictionary attacks on a FreeBSD mail server being
> reported.  Is there a way to determine the IPs that are doing this
> so they can be blocked at the firewall?   auth.log only
> notes the attempted user name, not the IP of origin.
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tim Daneliuk
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> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
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one idea is to run auth on a different service / machine on a non-standard
port, that at least cuts down the noise from "non-targetted" scans.

Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA



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