Is it by chance possible that tcp wrappers will be supported in future at
least as an optionally compiled feature?

пн, 8 февр. 2021 г. в 23:00, Eugene Podshivalov <yauge...@gmail.com>:

> Thanks, Noel! Your comments are helpful indeed.
>
> пн, 8 февр. 2021 г. в 22:37, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org>:
>
>>
>> On 2/8/2021 11:45 AM, Eugene Podshivalov wrote:
>> > Thanks for the explanation, Wietse.
>> >
>> > Probably the issue is just with the logging levels.
>> > My current configuration already has
>> >
>> >     smtpd_client_restrictions=reject_unknown_client_hostname
>> >
>> > and the log file is flooded with message like this
>> >
>> >     connect from unknown[ x.x.x.x]
>> >     NOQUEUE: reject: CONNECT from unknown[ x.x.x.x]: 450 4.7.25
>> >     Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname
>>
>> That's a 450 temporary reject, so if it's a (semi-)legit mail server
>> it will likely try again and again. Bots tend to not come back.
>>
>> Try changing unknown_client_reject_code=550 to signal a permanent
>> reject.
>>
>> Also note that reject_unknown_client_hostname is a very strict test
>> and is known to reject some legit mail from slightly misconfigured
>> hosts, sometimes even major providers will fail this test. I'm not
>> telling you to not use this setting, but be aware that it will
>> eventually reject something you want.
>> It's safer to use reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname.
>>
>> >
>> > which makes it hard to analyse.
>>
>> I fail to see how that makes analysis any harder. If your logs are
>> for more than a trivial amount of mail use "grep" to find the
>> interesting bits, and "less" to view. The "interesting bits" will
>> vary depending on what you're investigating.
>>
>> Or use a log summary tool such as pflogsumm or one of the others
>> listed at http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#logfile
>>
>> Make sure you don't have debug logs turned on, with a -D flag in
>> master.cf, or debug_peer_list, or [smtp|smtpd]_tls_loglevel greater
>> than 1 in main.cf.
>>
>>
>> >
>> > For comparison, the postscreen_*_action params let you `enforce`
>> > reject a delivery attempt and log it, or just 'drop' the connection
>> > silently.
>>
>> postscreen's drop action _does_not_ eliminate logging. The
>> connect/drop/disconnect is always logged. Drop does eliminate
>> logging of the sender and recipient, which is often useful.
>>
>> I respectfully suggest you don't waste your valuable time trying to
>> eliminate logging. Postfix logs what is necessary in order to trace
>> where mail came from and what happened to it.
>>
>> If you want to get rid of the logging (not recommended) use a log
>> filter such as rsyslogd or block the client IP in your firewall, or
>> use fail2ban to automatically block clients that make too many errors.
>>
>>
>>
>>    -- Noel Jones
>>
>

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