On 07/15/2013 09:09 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > Are you blocked when you login a few times with a wrong password? > > I expect your log will say something like "auth failed, 22 attempts in > 30 secs", and fail2ban will see that as 1 authentications error, so will > not block you.
I am blocked. The log says Jul 15 19:36:06 sbh16 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 2 secs): user=<mark>, method=APOP, rip=98.248.186.228, lip=72.52.113.16, TLS, session=<cvam1pfhLwBi+Lrk> Jul 15 19:36:16 sbh16 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 6 secs): user=<mark>, method=APOP, rip=98.248.186.228, lip=72.52.113.16, TLS, session=<C3H81pfhMABi+Lrk> Jul 15 19:36:29 sbh16 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 10 secs): user=<mark>, method=APOP, rip=98.248.186.228, lip=72.52.113.16, TLS, session=<YEaR15fhNQBi+Lrk> Jul 15 19:36:49 sbh16 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 17 secs): user=<mark>, method=APOP, rip=98.248.186.228, lip=72.52.113.16, TLS, session=<hN1T2JfhNgBi+Lrk> Jul 15 19:37:09 sbh16 dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts in 17 secs): user=<mark>, method=APOP, rip=98.248.186.228, lip=72.52.113.16, TLS, session=<jqqE2ZfhOwBi+Lrk> The difference may be that I am connecting to pop3s, port 995 with SSL, not port 110 with STARTTLS. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
