dovecot - Aug 2013 - Auto-blocking faulty login attempts

Dear group,

How can I block login attempts to dovecot after trying 5 times in error?

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Jos Chrispijn

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* Jos Chrispijn <dovecot at webrz.net>:
> Dear group,
> 
> How can I block login attempts to dovecot after trying 5 times in error?
If you can read German take a look at this:
<http://sys4.de/de/blog/2012/12/28/botnets-mit-rsyslog-und-iptables-recent-modul-abwehren/>

p at rick

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On 08/31/13 23:13, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> Dear group,
>
> How can I block login attempts to dovecot after trying 5 times in error?
>
You need to use fail2ban:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/Fail2Ban

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Adrian Minta