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Diffstat (limited to 'net/bld/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/bld/pkg-descr | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/bld/pkg-descr b/net/bld/pkg-descr index 94496f279688..57df966e5c53 100644 --- a/net/bld/pkg-descr +++ b/net/bld/pkg-descr @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ -BLD stands for "black list daemon" and is intended to build blacklists -using simple rules based on a maximum number of submissions of the same -IP address during a minimum time interval. BLD was primarily designed to -fight against dictionnary-based spams (by making the MTA report to BLD -any host that tries to send a mail to an unknown user) but can be used -by any application that needs a blacklist based on connection rate -limits. +BLD stands for "blacklist daemon" and is intended to serve a +blacklist. The blacklist is built by simply inserting IP addresses +or by using submission rate limits based on a maximum number of +submissions of the same IP address within a minimum time interval. +You can build a BLD cluster by configuring the daemon to notify +other similar daemon(s) every time an IP address is added to the +blacklist. BLD was primarily designed to fight against dictionnary-based +spams (by making the MTA report to BLD any host that tries to send +a mail to an unknown user) but can be used by any program. See homepage for more infos: |