Re: [Shorewall-users] Tarpit Documentation

2020-10-07 Thread Bruce Bannerman
Thanks Tom (and Matt). I’ll just leave the Drop rule in place. Bruce > On 8 Oct 2020, at 5:06 am, Tom Eastep wrote: > > On 10/5/20 8:49 PM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I’m getting an annoying number of smtp connection attempts from a >> specific IP address that has been

Re: [Shorewall-users] Tarpit Documentation

2020-10-07 Thread Tom Eastep
On 10/5/20 8:49 PM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m getting an annoying number of smtp connection attempts from a > specific IP address that has been going on for weeks now (several per > minute). > > I’m currently dropping these packets using a shorewall rule. > > I’m thinking

Re: [Shorewall-users] Tarpit Documentation

2020-10-06 Thread bruban...@gmail.com
Many thanks Matt. I’ll give it a try tomorrow. Kind regards, Bruce > On 6 Oct 2020, at 16:54, Matt Darfeuille wrote: > > On 10/6/2020 5:49 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I’m getting an annoying number of smtp connection attempts from a specific >> IP address that has b

Re: [Shorewall-users] Tarpit Documentation

2020-10-05 Thread Matt Darfeuille
On 10/6/2020 5:49 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I’m getting an annoying number of smtp connection attempts from a specific IP > address that has been going on for weeks now (several per minute). > > I’m currently dropping these packets using a shorewall rule. > > I’m thinking

[Shorewall-users] Tarpit Documentation

2020-10-05 Thread Bruce Bannerman
Hello everyone, I’m getting an annoying number of smtp connection attempts from a specific IP address that has been going on for weeks now (several per minute). I’m currently dropping these packets using a shorewall rule. I’m thinking of setting up a tarpit to try to discourage the unwanted smt