From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gnu.wildebeest.org (gnu.wildebeest.org [45.83.234.184]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D0BE3858D33; Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:10:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 1D0BE3858D33 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=klomp.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=klomp.org ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 1D0BE3858D33 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=45.83.234.184 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1706829048; cv=none; b=b2eX3lDncOHlu7CzfCHw1fxQKjf6UczIz20RBfG66fglDMZsij4qpVfGPDGIsmmL7nVOh1fZgy4N6uS8vP/3ZYjlrP+fRpEJEvIqEVwsogLuRZDAr3ara3QHrpjhom0tp63kkaW+qgro0wKR0YDAUJRd15wI4OOr9rqwsfVv2rQ= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1706829048; c=relaxed/simple; bh=NvgGzj88m79UmwPfgYXZuyHLpxXvd41ELxce+2nMZ1Y=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=vc6kvrYOFBfbku+2O8mHCpR042U2D9fUb8W5ZTJulK24o0KmVyOmhfdIHLuYoiCRK9n+diHAfIC1pVwE70sypp4MDE+NyKQ6MGnAsli4N6/Av37X6XrUPfuDhdBV10t0xnOmygM/xMKyjFvf1K2zY7QUihb/3XFNhXvm5UBl5rE= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org Received: by gnu.wildebeest.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6E5C302FDEA; Fri, 2 Feb 2024 00:10:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 00:10:43 +0100 From: Mark Wielaard To: overseers@sourceware.org, Patchwork Admin Subject: New fail2ban for excessive httpd errors Message-ID: <20240201231043.GD867@gnu.wildebeest.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: Hi, We got a spider which overloaded patchwork again causing hundreds of error messages/emails. I added a new fail2ban config (apache-dos) that triggers on excessive error from a host in the httpd logs. I believe it only captures bad bots/spiders/scripts. But if it is too agressive please let me know. The ban is just for 15 minutes. You can see who is current banned with fail2ban-client status apache-dos And you can always unban people with fail2ban-client unban Cheers, Mark