From 2a225aa6eec2f5338dd1665816774e1dd1bb7aae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaroslav Halchenko Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:00:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added a warning within "complaint.conf" action about care with enabling it --- config/action.d/complain.conf | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/config/action.d/complain.conf b/config/action.d/complain.conf index 5e672475..6677ec49 100644 --- a/config/action.d/complain.conf +++ b/config/action.d/complain.conf @@ -12,8 +12,22 @@ # any other addresses found in the whois record, with a few exceptions. # If no addresses are found, no e-mail is sent. # -# $Revision$ +# WARNING +# ------- # +# Please do not use this action unless you are certain that fail2ban +# does not result in "false positives" for your deployment. False +# positive reports could serve a mis-favor to the original cause by +# flooding corresponding contact addresses, and complicating the work +# of administration personnel responsible for handling (verified) legit +# complains. +# +# Please consider using e.g. sendmail-whois-lines.conf action which +# would send the reports with relevant information to you, so the +# report could be first reviewed and then forwarded to a corresponding +# contact if legit. +# + [Definition]