// Package abuseguard automatically blacklists IPs that rack up too many failed // SMTP/IMAP auth attempts, and rejects connections from already-blacklisted IPs before // the SMTP/IMAP banner is ever sent. Deliberately separate from the web admin/webmail // login lockout (internal/webui/ratelimit.go) and from the relay-authorization // whitelist (esrv_whitelisted_ips) — see the [Security] section of settings.ini. package abuseguard import ( "net" "time" "gopkg.in/ini.v1" "mailgoserver/internal/db" "mailgoserver/internal/toolbox" ) // RecordFailureAndMaybeBlacklist should be called after every failed SMTP AUTH or IMAP // login. It counts recent failures from ip and blacklists it once the configured // threshold is hit. Fails open (does nothing) on a DB error rather than blocking auth // over a transient issue. func RecordFailureAndMaybeBlacklist(database *db.DB, cfg *ini.File, logger *toolbox.Logger, ip string) { if ip == "" || cfg == nil { return } sec := cfg.Section("Security") if !sec.Key("abuse_detection_enabled").MustBool(true) { return } if whitelisted, err := database.IsIPAbuseWhitelisted(ip); err != nil || whitelisted { return } threshold := sec.Key("abuse_failure_threshold").MustInt(8) windowMinutes := sec.Key("abuse_detection_window_minutes").MustInt(10) since := time.Now().Add(-time.Duration(windowMinutes) * time.Minute) n, err := database.CountFailedAuthAttemptsByIP(ip, since) if err != nil || n < threshold { return } baseHours := sec.Key("abuse_blacklist_base_hours").MustInt(12) maxHours := sec.Key("abuse_blacklist_max_hours").MustInt(168) reason := "automatic: too many failed SMTP/IMAP auth attempts" if err := database.BlacklistIP(ip, reason, baseHours, maxHours); err != nil && logger != nil { logger.Error("abuseguard: failed to blacklist %s: %v", ip, err) return } if logger != nil { logger.Warning("abuseguard: blacklisted %s after %d failed attempts in %dm", ip, n, windowMinutes) } } // guardedListener wraps a net.Listener so Accept() silently drops connections from // blacklisted IPs (never returning them to the caller) before any protocol banner is // written, and keeps looping rather than returning an error. type guardedListener struct { net.Listener database *db.DB logger *toolbox.Logger } // GuardListener wraps inner so every accepted connection is checked against the IP // blacklist (skipping the check entirely for abuse-whitelisted IPs) before the caller // ever sees it. func GuardListener(inner net.Listener, database *db.DB, logger *toolbox.Logger) net.Listener { return &guardedListener{Listener: inner, database: database, logger: logger} } func (g *guardedListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) { for { conn, err := g.Listener.Accept() if err != nil { return nil, err } host, _, splitErr := net.SplitHostPort(conn.RemoteAddr().String()) if splitErr != nil { host = conn.RemoteAddr().String() } if whitelisted, wErr := g.database.IsIPAbuseWhitelisted(host); wErr == nil && whitelisted { return conn, nil } blocked, bErr := g.database.IsIPBlacklisted(host) if bErr != nil { return conn, nil // fail open on a DB error } if !blocked { return conn, nil } if g.logger != nil { g.logger.Warning("abuseguard: rejected connection from blacklisted IP %s", host) } conn.Close() } }