Tag Archives: fail2ban

Reporting Akismet identified spam using fail2ban

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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More Botnet stats

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Steve

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 … Continue reading →

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Botnet stopped…

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Steve

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 | `- … Continue reading →

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