Hi Jim, you may want to simply try ipset. :)
http://ipset.netfilter.org/ http://daemonkeeper.net/781/mass-blocking-ip-addresses-with-ipset/ Kind regards, Felix On 01.03.15 08:53, Jim Pazarena wrote: > I wonder if there is an easy way to provide dovecot a flat text file of > ipv4 #'s which should be ignored or dropped? > > I have accumulated 45,000+ IPs which routinely try dictionary and > 12345678 password attempts. The file is too big to create firewall > drops, and I don't want to compile with wrappers *if* dovecot has an > easy ability to do this. If dovecot could parse a flat text file of IPs > and drop connections it would sure put a dent in these attempts. > > Thanks. > -- Felix Schüren Group Director of Enterprise Architecture, HEG. Online: http://www.heg.com/ This email is subject to: http://www.heg.com/disclaimer. Please consider the environment before printing this email
