Fail2ban
Install fail2ban # yum install fail2ban -y
Create the filter definition files in filter.d # cat >/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/qmail-smtp-authnotavail.conf << EOL [Definition] #Looks for failed auth outside TLS to SMTP failregex = 503 auth not available \(\#5\.3\.3\) - <HOST> ignoreregex = EOL
# cat >/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/qmail-smtps-passfail.conf<< EOL [Definition] #Looks for failed password logins to SMTP failregex = vchkpw-smtps: password fail ([^)]*) [^@]*@[^:]*:<HOST> ignoreregex = EOL
# cat >/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/qmail-smtps-usernotfound.conf<< EOL [Definition] failregex = vchkpw-smtps: vpopmail user not found .*:<HOST> ignoreregex = EOL
# cat >/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/qmail-submission-passfail.conf<< EOL [Definition] failregex = vchkpw-submission: password fail ([^)]*) [^@]*@[^:]*:<HOST> ignoreregex = EOL
# cat >/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/qmail-submission-usernotfound.conf<< EOL [Definition] failregex = vchkpw-submission: vpopmail user not found .*:<HOST> ignoreregex = EOL
Create jail.local # cat >>/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/jail.local << EOL [qmail-submission-passfail] enabled = true filter = qmail-submission-passfail action = iptables[name=QMAIL-SUBMISSION, port=587, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/maillog maxretry = 3 bantime = 86400 findtime = 3600 backend = auto
[qmail-submission-usernotfound] enabled = true filter = qmail-submission-usernotfound action = iptables[name=QMAIL-SUBMISSION, port=587, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/maillog maxretry = 3 bantime = 86400 findtime = 3600 backend = auto
[qmail-smtps-passfail] enabled = true filter = qmail-smtps-passfail action = iptables[name=QMAIL-SMTPS, port=465, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/maillog maxretry = 3 bantime = 86400 findtime = 3600 backend = auto
[qmail-smtps-usernotfound] enabled = true filter = qmail-smtps-usernotfound action = iptables[name=QMAIL-SMTPS, port=465, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/maillog maxretry = 3 bantime = 86400 findtime = 3600 backend = auto
[qmail-smtp-authnotavail] enabled = true filter = qmail-smtp-authnotavail action = iptables[name=QMAIL-SMTP, port=25, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/qmail/smtptx/current (If log file is selected /var/qmail/supervise/smtp/log/run must be edited or f2b will not start) #logpath = /var/log/qmail/smtp/current maxretry = 3 bantime = 86400 findtime = 300 backend = auto
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In order to log SMTPTX (transactions) do the following: 1) # qmailctl stop 2) Add 'SMTP_DEBUG="1"' to /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp 3) Replace contents of '/var/qmail/supervise/smtp/log/run' script with below to log transactions to different file: #!/bin/sh LOGSIZE=`cat /var/qmail/control/logsize` LOGCOUNT=`cat /var/qmail/control/logcount` exec /usr/bin/setuidgid qmaill \ /usr/bin/multilog t s$LOGSIZE n$LOGCOUNT \ '-*' '+@* server:[*' '+@* client:[*' /var/log/qmail/smtptx \ '+*' '-@* server:[*' '-@* client:[*' /var/log/qmail/smtp 2>&1 4) # qmailctl start && qmailctl cdb 5) # tail -f /var/log/qmail/smtptx/current | tai64nlocal
Start fail2ban # systemctl start fail2ban
Script to check blocking # tee -a /usr/local/bin/f2bstat<<EOL #!/bin/bash for FILTER in qmail-submission-passfail \\ qmail-submission-usernotfound \\ qmail-smtps-passfail \\ qmail-smtps-usernotfound \\ qmail-smtp-authnotavail do fail2ban-client status \$FILTER echo "" done EOL
Set permissions & run script (w/output sample) # chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/f2bstat && f2bstat
qmail-submission-passfail:
Status for the jail: qmail-submission-passfail |- Filter | |- Currently failed: 1 | |- Total failed: 1 | `- File list: /var/log/maillog `- Actions |- Currently banned: 0 |- Total banned: 0 `- Banned IP list:
qmail-submission-usernotfound:
Status for the jail: qmail-submission-usernotfound |- Filter | |- Currently failed: 7 | |- Total failed: 7 | `- File list: /var/log/maillog `- Actions |- Currently banned: 0 |- Total banned: 0 `- Banned IP list:
qmail-smtps-passfail:
Status for the jail: qmail-smtps-passfail |- Filter | |- Currently failed: 0 | |- Total failed: 0 | `- File list: /var/log/maillog `- Actions |- Currently banned: 0 |- Total banned: 0 `- Banned IP list:
qmail-smtps-usernotfound:
Status for the jail: qmail-smtps-usernotfound |- Filter | |- Currently failed: 0 | |- Total failed: 0 | `- File list: /var/log/maillog `- Actions |- Currently banned: 2 |- Total banned: 2 `- Banned IP list: 5.34.207.174 212.70.149.72
qmail-smtp-authnotavail:
Status for the jail: qmail-smtp-authnotavail |- Filter | |- Currently failed: 0 | |- Total failed: 0 | `- File list: /var/log/qmail/smtptx/current `- Actions |- Currently banned: 0 |- Total banned: 0 `- Banned IP list:
Note
Basic commands
- Check banned IPs:
Format: fail2ban-client get 'jail' banned # fail2ban-client get qmail-smtp-authnotavail banned ['xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 'yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy',...,]
- How to unblock an IP(s):
Format: fail2ban-client set 'jail' unbanip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy ... # fail2ban-client set qmail-smtp-authnotavail unbanip 192.168.1.105 192.168.1.112 192.168.1.119 3 #
- How to block an IP(s):
Format: fail2ban-client set 'jail' unbanip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy ... # fail2ban-client set qmail-smtp-authnotavail banip 192.168.9.105 192.168.1.112 192.168.1.119 3 #
References
[1] fail2ban homepage: http://www.fail2ban.org