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mod_mam: Fix Top Level Error from string[table] = nil instead of table[string] = nil
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: Granular remote host blacklisting plugin
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5 ...
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7 Details
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8 =======
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10 As often it's undesiderable to employ only whitelisting logics in public
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11 environments, this module let's you more selectively restrict access to
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12 your hosts (component or server host) either disallowing access
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13 completely (with optional exceptions) or blacklisting certain sources.
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15 Usage
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16 =====
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18 Copy the plugin into your prosody's modules directory. And add it
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19 between your enabled modules into the global section (modules\_enabled):
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21 - The plugin can work either by blocking all remote access (s2s) to a
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22 certain resource with optional exceptions (useful for components)
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23 - Or by selectively blocking certain remote hosts through blacklisting
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24 (by using host\_guard\_selective and host\_guard\_blacklisting)
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26 Configuration
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27 =============
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29 Option name Description
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30 ----------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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31 host\_guard\_blockall A list of local hosts to protect from incoming s2s
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32 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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33 host\_guard\_selective A list of local hosts to allow selective filtering (blacklist) of incoming s2s connections
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34 host\_guard\_blacklist A blacklist of remote hosts that are not allowed to access hosts listed in host\_guard\_selective
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36 Example
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37 -------
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39 ``` {.lua}
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41 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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42 host_guard_blockall_exceptions = { "i_can_access.no_access.yourhost.com" } -- optional exceptions for the above.
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43 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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44 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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45 ```
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47 The above is updated when the server configuration is reloaded so that
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48 you don't need to restart the server.
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50 Compatibility
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51 =============
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53 - Works with 0.8.x, successive versions and trunk.