Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:28:49 +0200 (EET) From: Artyom Viklenko <artem@aws-net.org.ua> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A more pliable firewall Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902201024090.18688@nys.njf-arg.bet.hn> In-Reply-To: <20090220055936.035255B1B@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20090220055936.035255B1B@mail.bitblocks.com>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Bakul Shah wrote: > I am wondering if there is a more dynamic and scriptable > firewall program. The idea is to send it alerts (with sender > host address) whenever a dns probe fails or ssh login fails > or smtpd finds it has been fed spam or your website is fed > bad urls. This program will then update the firewall after a > certain number of attempts have been made from a host within > a given period. > > Right now, when I find bad guys blasting packets at me, I add > a rule to pf.conf to drop all packets from these hosts but Actually, you can use tables and add these ip-s to tables while leave pf.conf untouchable. The only thing to resolv is to write some daemon which will receive notifyes and update pf tables. It should be not so hard to write such piece of software. > all this manual editing is getting old and the internet is > getting more and more like the Wild West crossed with the > Attack of the Zombies. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Sincerely yours, Artyom Viklenko. ------------------------------------------------------- artem@aws-net.org.ua | http://www.aws-net.org.ua/~artem FreeBSD: The Power to Serve - http://www.freebsd.org
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