# Fail2Ban configuration file for dovecot # # Author: Martin Waschbuesch # Daniel Black (rewrote with begin and end anchors) [INCLUDES] before = common.conf [Definition] # Option: failregex # Notes.: regex to match the password failures messages in the logfile. # first regex is essentially a copy of pam-generic.conf # Values: TEXT # failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(pam_unix(\(\S+\))?:)?\s+authentication failure; logname=\S* uid=\S* euid=\S* tty=dovecot ruser=\S* rhost=(\s+user=\S*)?\s*$ ^%(__prefix_line)s(pop3|imap)-login: (Info: )?(Aborted login|Disconnected)(: Inactivity)? \(((no auth attempts|auth failed, \d+ attempts)( in \d+ secs)?|tried to use disabled \S+ auth)\):( user=<\S*>,)?( method=\S+,)? rip=, lip=(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}(, session=<\w+>)?(, TLS( handshaking)?(: Disconnected)?)?\s*$ ^%(__prefix_line)s(dovecot: )?auth(-worker)?\(\S+\): (Info: )?pam\(\S+,\): pam_authenticate\(\) failed: (User not known to the underlying authentication module: \d+ Time\(s\)|Authentication failure \(password mismatch\?\))\s*$ # Option: ignoreregex # Notes.: regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored. # Values: TEXT # ignoreregex =