Talk:Dovecot

If you want to catch this:
Aug 29 19:45:13 MyHostName dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser= rhost=123.123.123.123

Here is the regex:
dovecot.*authentication failure.*rhost\=<host>

To catch lines like:
dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (1 authentication attempts): user=<usrnm>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.5
the regexp is:
dovecot.*pop3-login.*Aborted login.*rip=<HOST>.*


CentOS 5.2 and Dovecot:

Create file /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/dovecot.conf
failregex = pam.*dovecot.*(?:authentication failure).*rhost=(?:::f{4,6}:)?(?P<host>\S*)

Add to file /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/jail.conf
[dovecot]
enabled = true
filter = dovecot
action = iptables-multiport[name=Dovecot, port="110,995,143,993", protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=Dovecot, dest=your_email@your_domain.com, sender=fail2ban@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/secure
maxretry = 3

Note: For cPanel based servers the logpath is /var/log/maillog

You can test your config while editing the filter file (in CentOS 5.2):

/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex /var/log/secure /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/dovecot.conf

Don't depend on old breech attempts...create and test fresh ones yourself with jail.conf 'bantime' set to 60 seconds:
bantime = 60

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Suggested regexp to catch failed sql-logins:

failregex = dovecot.*auth-worker\(default\): sql\(.*,<HOST>\): Password mismatch

On Fedora Core 10, what actually seems to work is

       failregex = dovecot.*authentication failure.*rhost\=<HOST>

Note uppercase, rather than the first suggestion above. Action needs to be iptables; using hosts.deny will have no effect.

Debian squeeze (v0.8.4) with dovecot 1.2 with ignore regexp for broken connections

On my new server I've got

[Definition]
failregex = (?: pop3-login|imap-login): .*(?:Disconnected|Authentication failure|Aborted login \(auth failed|Aborted login \(tried to use disabled|Disconnected \(auth failed).*rip=(?P<host>\S*),.*
ignoreregex = imap-login: Disconnected.*\(no auth attempts\).*

catches

Jun 25 11:44:06 xyz dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<xyz>, method=PLAIN, rip=x.y.26.246, lip=x.y.20.196, TLS

but ignores successfully

Jun 25 16:41:43 xyz dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=x.y.26.246, lip=x.y.20.196, TLS handshaking: Disconnected

and

Jun 25 16:42:12 xyz dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth attempts): rip=x.y.26.246, lip=x.y.20.196, TLS

I need the ignore lines because I use IMAP from a smartphone. Had to unban me today ;).