Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Allen Coates
On 15/11/2019 16:15, @lbutlr wrote: > On 15 Nov 2019, at 03:21, Allen Coates wrote: >> Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for the string >> "auth=0/1", and add the offending IP address to a blacklist - a >> do-it-yourself >> fail2ban. > > Seems like a good idea. >

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Bill Cole
On 15 Nov 2019, at 11:16, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 22:26 Bill Cole, < postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: [...] It is also worth noting that at least one MTA has made the same assumption about appropriate client behavior, offering a switch to turn AUTH adver

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Jeffrey 'jf' Lim
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 22:26 Bill Cole, < postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: > On 15 Nov 2019, at 5:28, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 6:23 PM Allen Coates > > wrote: > [...] > >> Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for > >> the stri

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread @lbutlr
On 15 Nov 2019, at 03:21, Allen Coates wrote: > Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for the string > "auth=0/1", and add the offending IP address to a blacklist - a do-it-yourself > fail2ban. Seems like a good idea. Something like this? pfctl -t badguys -T add $(grep

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa
Dnia 15.11.2019 o godz. 10:04:42 Bill Cole pisze: > > When you see "SASL LOGIN authentication failed: UGFzc3dvcmQ6" logged > by Postfix, it indicates that an incorrect password was provided, in > the second step of the LOGIN mechanism, in response to the prompt > "334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6" which is sent b

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Bill Cole
On 15 Nov 2019, at 3:36, Jaroslaw Rafa wrote: By the way: I'm just curious, what does the string "UGFzc3dvcmQ6" in the failed authentication message mean? I get it with every such attempt. $ echo "UGFzc3dvcmQ6" |base64 -D Password: When you see "SASL LOGIN authentication failed: UGFzc3dvcmQ6

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Bill Cole
On 15 Nov 2019, at 5:28, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 6:23 PM Allen Coates wrote: [...] Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for the string "auth=0/1", and add the offending IP address to a blacklist - a do-it-yourself fail2ban. It should. W

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Allen Coates
On 15/11/2019 12:33, Wietse Venema wrote: > Jeffrey 'jf' Lim: >>> Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for the >>> string >>> "auth=0/1", and add the offending IP address to a blacklist - a >>> do-it-yourself >>> fail2ban. >>> >> >> It should. Unless they're the dumbe

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Wietse Venema
Jeffrey 'jf' Lim: > > Disabling auth does not stop them from trying; I scan my logs for the > > string > > "auth=0/1", and add the offending IP address to a blacklist - a > > do-it-yourself > > fail2ban. > > > > It should. Unless they're the dumbest bots of all time, because you > should have s

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Dominic Raferd
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 10:23, Allen Coates wrote: > > > On 15/11/2019 05:10, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > > On 15/11/2019 06.06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > >> > >> ok then this makes sense. I've seen bots retry multiple passwords at > >> one go in the past; Fourhundred are all of these "auth=0/1"?

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Jeffrey 'jf' Lim
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 6:23 PM Allen Coates wrote: > > > > On 15/11/2019 05:10, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > > On 15/11/2019 06.06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > >> > >> ok then this makes sense. I've seen bots retry multiple passwords at > >> one go in the past; Fourhundred are all of these "auth=0/1

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Allen Coates
On 15/11/2019 05:10, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > On 15/11/2019 06.06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: >> >> ok then this makes sense. I've seen bots retry multiple passwords at >> one go in the past; Fourhundred are all of these "auth=0/1"? > > yes, all are "auth=0/1". > > I have disabled auth on port

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-15 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa
Dnia 14.11.2019 o godz. 23:51:05 Viktor Dukhovni pisze: > > I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: > > > > postfix/smtpd[5147]: connect from unknown[193.56.28.121] > > postfix/smtpd[5147]: disconnect from unknown[193.56.28.121] ehlo=1 > > auth=0/1 rset=1 quit=1 comman

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Dominic Raferd
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 05:26, Fourhundred Thecat <400the...@gmx.ch> wrote: > On 15/11/2019 05.51, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 04:47:55AM +0100, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > > > >> I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: > >> > >> postfix/smtpd[5147]:

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
On 15/11/2019 05.51, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 04:47:55AM +0100, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > >> I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: >> >> postfix/smtpd[5147]: connect from unknown[193.56.28.121] >> postfix/smtpd[5147]: disconnect from unknown[1

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
On 15/11/2019 06.06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > > ok then this makes sense. I've seen bots retry multiple passwords at > one go in the past; Fourhundred are all of these "auth=0/1"? yes, all are "auth=0/1". I have disabled auth on port 25, and I am using non-standard port for client authentication

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Jeffrey 'jf' Lim
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 12:52 PM Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 04:47:55AM +0100, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > > > I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: > > > > postfix/smtpd[5147]: connect from unknown[193.56.28.121] > > postfix/smtpd[5147]: discon

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 04:47:55AM +0100, Fourhundred Thecat wrote: > I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: > > postfix/smtpd[5147]: connect from unknown[193.56.28.121] > postfix/smtpd[5147]: disconnect from unknown[193.56.28.121] ehlo=1 > auth=0/1 rset=1 quit=1 com

Re: lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
On 15/11/2019 05.06, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:49 AM Fourhundred Thecat <400the...@gmx.ch> wrote: >> >> Also, judging by the fact that IP does not resolve to hostname, I assume >> these are not mail servers. Are these just some bots that are scanning >> the Internet for m

lots of connections that make no sense

2019-11-14 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
Hello, I am wondering what is the purpose of connections like these: postfix/smtpd[5147]: connect from unknown[193.56.28.121] postfix/smtpd[5147]: disconnect from unknown[193.56.28.121] ehlo=1 auth=0/1 rset=1 quit=1 commands=3/4 I have lots of these in my logs, from different IP addresses.