Posted on by Steve | Category: Computing, Sad Spammers
I use fail2ban to protect my server. I additionally report the IP addresses to AbuseIPDB But Forum spam is a big problem as anyone with a blog will know I have Akismet configured, which pretty much stops it all from ever appearing, but that doesn’t stop them from repeatedly posting spam. I looked at various […]
Posted on by Steve | Category: Computing, Rants, Sad Spammers
So I upgraded Fail2ban and so had to restart it. As it stores it’s bans in a database it can restore them at start up. And what a depressingly long list it is for the botnet: 2017-08-05 14:58:20,149[dovecot-disconnect] Ban 1.163.34.115 2017-08-05 14:58:21,110[dovecot-disconnect] Ban 1.175.2.48 2017-08-05 14:58:23,213[dovecot-disconnect] Ban 1.175.27.62 2017-08-05 14:58:24,683[dovecot-disconnect] Ban 1.180.64.86 2017-08-05 14:58:27,764[dovecot-disconnect] Ban […]
Posted on by Steve | Category: Uncategorized
Either its been taken off line or I’ve blocked all its IPs. No more new additions for over 24 hours: Status for the jail: dovecot-disconnect |- filter | |- File list: /var/log/mail.log | |- Currently failed: 0 | `- Total failed: 718 `- action |- Currently banned: 699 | `- IP list: 50.97.183.121 45.55.11.188 […]