Re: [exim] To prevent spamming from the server

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Author: Todd Lyons
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] To prevent spamming from the server
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:42 AM, <Lena@???> wrote:
>> From: Todd Lyons
>
>> > https://github.com/Exim/exim/wiki/BlockCracking
>>
>> Lena, exim 4.82 contains a new expansion $authenticated_fail_id which
>> you might be able to use in your smtp_quit and smtp_not_quit ACL's to
>> further refine which connections get used as input to the blocking
>> logic.
>
> 4.82 has also ${acl{ expansion item. I use it in current version
> of the code at the above URL. $authenticated_fail_id contains username only.
> Using ${acl{ , I grab password too (in PLAIN and LOGIN authenticators).
> So, the current version of my code can distinguish the same wrong password
> tried multiple times (benign) from trying multiple passwords
> for the same username (cracking attempt).


> Current version of my code does all that with both PLAIN and LOGIN.


Very nice, I had not checked the wiki to see if it was updated. I am
updating my servers now!

...Todd
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