Hi, >> Even if fail2ban is “whack a mole”, you could also feed the data on auth >> spammers to an abuse-compaint script, and do your part to make the internet >> a little cleaner.
>And we all know how fabulously well abuse reports have worked with preventing >spam, don't we !! >As I said. Fail2ban is a waste of time whack-a-mole. Sure your logs might be >quieter, but quieter logs does not equal better security ! On a busy gateway fail2ban can easily make the difference between totally unusable logs and constant high load from brute-forcers - or very well usable logs and low load from brute-forcers. It must not be mistaken as a security solution. Fail2ban is a measurement to significantly reduce the noise. Abuse reports is a different topic. They are useless if brute-forcers use facilities friendly to criminals. Even Gmail does not honor abuse reports, making it the #1 nigeria spam hosting company. Greets, Ludi
