Re: [Dovecot] SQL/LDAP Lockouts?

This sounds like something that should go in a pam module.

Then again, the convention net.wisdom at least -used- to be that this was a bad idea, because it became an easy DOS attack.

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 17:14 +0000, Paul Reilly wrote:

This isn't really related, but has anyone implemented account lockout policies with Dovecot? ie: 5 wrong passwords and the account locks out. Is this possible with any of the MySQL or LDAP authentication back ends?

Paul