Am 17.09.2012 22:55, schrieb Reindl Harald:
> 
> 
> Am 17.09.2012 22:51, schrieb l...@airstreamcomm.net:
>> We would like to block a couple ranges of ips before a sasl login is able to 
>> happen.  Smtpd_recipient_restrictions
>> looks like this:
>>
>> smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
>>         permit_mynetworks,
>>         check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/restricted
>>         permit_sasl_authenticated,
>>         check_client_access mysql:/etc/postfix/authb4smtp.cf,
>>         reject_unauth_destination
>>
>> Just want to confirm this configuration will reject connections before sasl 
>> is allowed.  Also would it make more
>> sense to put the check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/restricted in 
>> smtpd_client_restrictions instead?
> 
> why block them in the application layer instead on
> the packet-filter of the OS and make the postfix
> config more complex this way?
> 

blocking with postfix, has the chance to give some blocking reason,
perhaps this is more gentle sometimes

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Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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