On Mon 02/Mar/2015 15:54:05 +0100 Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Alessandro Vesely <ves...@tana.it> wrote: > >>> Use case 1: >>> >>> Hi, this is $customer, >>> >>> could you please provide a log for which IP addresses have tried to logon >>> as $user? >> >> The complete list of IP addresses would do. You cannot tell whether the >> password, the userid, or both were wrong. IME, intrusion attempts >> --where both tokens are being guessed-- are somewhat more frequent than >> honest mistyping, but discerning which is which is not always obvious, and >> needs human judgment. > > There are numerous reasons why a customer might be interested in this data, > and why we should provide either that, or at least the name of the ISP > and/or geolocation of the IP address.
How about users deploying Tor? > I find this constant "you don't need this information" kind of response > extremely frustrating. I didn't say they don't need it. I just noted that $user could have been mistyped. > Could you please try to at least respect that while you personally cannot > see the use for this, that there might be someone else who does? I chimed in because I had felt that need myself, and had to acknowledge the fact that the software is engineered such that combining userid, ip, and password is not always possible. Eventually, I worked around that need, so I thought sharing my experience might have helped. No disrespect was ever intended. Ale -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
