[CentOS] Dovecot attack

[Karanbir Singh]

On 08/23/2010 03:58 PM, Rob Kampen wrote:
>> pam_shield is available from RPMforge and requires a minimum of
>> configuration.
> Never heard of this one before - just installed and simple to configure.
> I note that version 0.9.3 was released April 2010 and includes a
> supposed memory leak fix - maybe time for an update?

given the overall lower cost of running pam_shield, it makes for a much 
better solution than denyhosts or fail2ban ( for many situations ). You 
just need to be careful that you dont end up DoS'ing yourself, so weigh 
in some typical scenarios and test in a sandbox environment.

- KB