Re: [Dovecot] set delay between pop3-logins

2011-07-25 Thread tonjg
Tom Hendrikx wrote: > > dovecot 2.x has an automatic backoff system (see auth_failure_delay > config option). > > When you're not interested in upgrading > I think with my old server upgrading to 2.x is not an option so I'll have to check out fail2ban. It looks a bit complicated though... I'l

[Dovecot] set delay between pop3-logins

2011-07-25 Thread tonjg
I'm using dovecot 1.1.8 on a raq4 server running centos 4.8 Is it possible to set a time delay between all dovecot pop3-logins? say 20 - 30 seconds for example? My reason is I want to thwart the constant login attempts from hackers hunting for an open relay. It's no good blocking the ip address b