On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 02:59:41PM +0100, Roel van der Made wrote: > Wouldn't it be nice to have an enhancement on fail2ban which sends an > abuse-mail to the ip-block/range owner which has been blocked?
No, that would not be nice. As somebody who has been on the hostmaster, netmaster, postmaster and abuse alias of an ISP for years I can say that automatically generated abuse mails are generally not helpful as they can easily amount to a denial-of-service condition. It is ok to have fail2ban prepare the messages to be _checked_ and sent manually, but I would rather not see an automatism which will actually send out the complaints. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
