IP drop list

[Felix Schüren]

Hi Jim,

you may want to simply try ipset. :)

http://ipset.netfilter.org/

http://daemonkeeper.net/781/mass-blocking-ip-addresses-with-ipset/

Kind regards,

Felix

On 01.03.15 08:53, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> I wonder if there is an easy way to provide dovecot a flat text file of
> ipv4 #'s which should be ignored or dropped?
> 
> I have accumulated 45,000+ IPs which routinely try dictionary and
> 12345678 password attempts. The file is too big to create firewall
> drops, and I don't want to compile with wrappers *if* dovecot has an
> easy ability to do this. If dovecot could parse a flat text file of IPs
> and drop connections it would sure put a dent in these attempts.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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