Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 20:47:07 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing NetBSD's blacklist project into FreeBSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604132044270.41766@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <570EF8DF.3020408@FreeBSD.org> References: <570EF8DF.3020408@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Kurt Lidl wrote: > Greetings all - > > This is just a quick note to alert the FreeBSD development community > that I've posted a review for the import of the NetBSD "blacklist" > project into FreeBSD. > > The reviews for the basic import and hookup of the blacklist system > into the build process are here: > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5912 > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5913 > > The rational behind the system is given in the first referenced > review, which is Christos Zoulas' presentation at vBSDcon 2015. The first review has a link to the video: https://youtu.be/fuuf8G28mjs > I think the system is a very reasonable framework to allow for > real-time notification of attacks, feeding to a single daemon > process, which maintains a persistent on-disk database. The daemon > can then invoke a helper script to affect packet filtering changes > as needed. It's driven from a text configuration file, and it is > pretty easy to add support to more programs in the future. > > Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to any discussion > about the merits of the system and the patches to implement it > in FreeBSD. After seeing that review yesterday and thinking it sounded interesting, I watched the video. After looking at today's maillog, I have gone from just being interested to really wanting it. And a patch for sendmail to use it. Thank you for working on this!
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