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1 #summary Granular remote host blacklisting plugin
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2 #labels Stage-Stable
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4 = Details =
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6 As often it's undesiderable to employ only whitelisting logics in public environments, this module let's you more selectively
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7 restrict access to your hosts (component or server host) either disallowing access completely (with optional exceptions) or
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8 blacklisting certain sources.
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10 = Usage =
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12 Copy the plugin into your prosody's modules directory.
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13 And add it between your enabled modules into the global section (modules_enabled):
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15 * The plugin can work either by blocking all remote access (s2s) to a certain resource with optional exceptions (useful for components)
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16 * Or by selectively blocking certain remote hosts through blacklisting (by using host_guard_selective and host_guard_blacklisting)
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18 = Configuration =
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20 || *Option name* || *Description* ||
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21 || host_guard_blockall || A list of local hosts to protect from incoming s2s ||
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22 || host_guard_blockall_exceptions || A list of remote hosts that are always allowed to access hosts listed in host_guard_blockall ||
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23 || host_guard_selective || A list of local hosts to allow selective filtering (blacklist) of incoming s2s connections ||
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24 || host_guard_blacklist || A blacklist of remote hosts that are not allowed to access hosts listed in host_guard_selective ||
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26 == Example ==
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27 <code language="lua">
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28 host_guard_blockall = { "no_access.yourhost.com", "no_access2.yourhost.com" } -- insert here the local hosts where you want to forbid all remote traffic to.
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29 host_guard_blockall_exceptions = { "i_can_access.no_access.yourhost.com" } -- optional exceptions for the above.
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30 host_guard_selective = { "no_access_from_blsted.myhost.com", "no_access_from_blsted.mycomponent.com" } -- insert here the local hosts where you want to employ blacklisting.
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31 host_guard_blacklist = { "remoterogueserver.com", "remoterogueserver2.com" } -- above option/mode mandates the use of a blacklist, you may blacklist remote servers here.
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32 </code>
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34 The above is updated when the server configuration is reloaded so that you don't need to restart the server.
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36 = Compatibility =
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38 * Works with 0.8.x, successive versions and trunk.