Ubuntu Manpage: grossd.conf - Greylisting of Suspicious Sources daemon configuration file

NAME

       grossd.conf - Greylisting of Suspicious Sources daemon configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/grossd.conf

DESCRIPTION

grossd(8) reads configuration data from /etc/grossd.conf (or the file specified with -f on the command
line). An example configuration file is installed by default. You have to set some configuration
options in order to get grossd(8) running in your environment. The format is as follows:

name = value [ ; param ] ...

Not all options accept parameters - refer to individual descriptions. The comment separator is `#',
everything after it is ignored by the config file parser.

Network configuration options
host
is the address the server should listen for queries. Default is `localhost'.

port
is the port the server should listen for queries. Default is 5525.

sync_listen
is the address to listen for communication with the peer. It defaults to the host setting.

sync_peer
is the address of the peer used when running in clustered mode.

sync_port
is the tcp port number to listen to and connect to in communication with the peer. Default is 5524.

status_host
is the address grossd(8) listens for status queries. Default is `localhost'.

status_port
is the port number grossd(8) listens for status queries. Default is 5522.

protocol
activates the server protocols grossd(8) will support. Valid settings are `sjsms', `postfix' and
`milter'.

milter_listen
is the socket address for the Milter service. The format is `proto:port@host'. Refer to Milter
documentation for the specifics.

Core server options
You can probably leave the default values for these settings. If your daily mail flow exceeds millions
of messages per day you may want to tweak query_timelimit and/or pool_maxthreads. If you run grossd(8)
in a server with limited memory you may want to adjust filter_bits.

filter_bits
is the size of the Bloom filter. The size will be 2^filter_bits. Lowering this value will increase
the probability of false matches in each individual filter. Default is 24.

number_buffers
is the number of Bloom filters used in the ring queue. Raising this value will cause an entry to
stay in the server's memory longer. Default is 8.

rotate_interval
is the number of seconds between Bloom filter rotations. Let N := number_buffers and I :=
rotate_interval. An entry will stay in the server's memory for N - 0.5 * I seconds on average.
Defaults to 3600 seconds (one hour).

update
is the way server updates the database. Valid options are `grey' and `always'. If set to `grey',
which is the default, grossd(8) will update the database only if the response is `STATUS_GREY'.
Setting it to `always' may reduce the impact on DNS servers.

grey_mask
is the mask for grossd(8) to use when matching the `smtp-client-ip' against the database. Default is
24, which makes grossd(8) to treat addresses like a.b.c.d as a.b.c.0. Setting grey_mask to 32 makes
grossd(8) to require that consecutive attempts are made from the same `smtp-client-ip'.

statefile
is the full path of the file that the server uses to store the state information. Default is not to
have a statefile. You may want to configure a statefile especially if you do not configure
replication.

pidfile
is the full path of the file grossd(8) writes its pid into. You can set parameter `check', if you
want to keep grossd(8) from starting should pidfile already exist.

Query constraints

grey_delay
is the time in seconds new triplets are kept on the greylist. Default is 180.

query_timelimit
is the query timeout in milliseconds. You may have to adjust this if you exceed millions of queries
a day.

pool_maxthreads
is the maximum threadcount per pool. You may have to raise the limit from the default if you get
more than 100 queries per second and/or have slow DNS servers. The rule of thumb is to decide how
many queries you want grossd(8) to be able to handle per second, and multiply that with
query_timelimit (in seconds, of course). It defaults to 100.

Configuring server responses
block_threshold
is the threshold after which grossd(8) sends a permanent error to the client. Every check that
considers `smtp-client-ip' as suspicious returns a value (check weight). When sum of these values
gets equivalent or greater than block_threshold grossd(8) sends a STATUS_BLOCK response. Default is
0 which disables this functionality.

block_reason
is the reason given when client is too suspicious, see block_threshold. Default is “Bad reputation”.

grey_threshold
is analogous to block_threshold, except at the threshold grossd(8) sends a STATUS_GREY response.
Default is 1. If set to 0 grossd(8) will greylist by default. This makes it possible to combine a
traditional greylister and rbl checks.

grey_reason
is the reason given when client is suspicious enough to be greylisted, see grey_threshold. Default
is “Please try again later.”.

Logging options
log_method
is used to choose the logging method. Currently the only implemented method is `syslog', which is
the default.

log_level
sets the logging verbosity. Possible values in the order of increasing verbosity are `error',
`warning', `notice', `info' and `debug'. log_level defaults to `info'.

syslog_facility
is the facility syslog sends log messages with. It defaults to `mail'.

stat_type
is the name of the requested statistic. It is of multivalued type. The valid options are:
`full' log all possible statistics,
`none' no statistics logging,
`status' basic set of statistics,
`since_startup' basic set since the startup and
`delay' log processing delay statistics.

Default is `none'. Setting both `none' and `full' is undefined.

stat_interval
is the number of seconds between status log entries. Default is 3600.

Configuring checks
check
is a multivalued option, that is, you can configure multiple checks by setting check option multiple
times. Currently implemented checks are `dnsbl', `dnswl', `rhsbl' and `blocker'. Refer to sections
describing the checks below. If you don't configure any checks grossd(8) will act as a traditional
greylisting server.

dnsbl
is a DNS domain name of the dnsbl that `dnsbl' check will query. There are no defaults, but the
default configuration file lists a few as an example. If you have any locally administered block
lists then you should be aware that grossd(8) makes all queries as fully qualified. You may assign
different weights for the dnsbls, default weight is 1. Refer to grey_threshold and block_threshold
about the weights. dnsbl is a multivalued option.

dnswl
is analogous to dnsbl. Remember that dnswl is a definitive check, that is grossd(8) waits for the
check to complete before deciding how to respond. This may cause unwanted latency, although you can
adjust the maximum latency by query_timelimit option. dnswl is highly recommended if you use
grossd(8) as a traditional greylister. This is a multivalued option.

rhsbl
is analogous to dnsbl, but the check is made with the right hand side of the sender address (the
email domain) instead of the IP address. This is a multivalued option.

blocker_host
is the host name of the Sophos blocker server. This is used only if check = `blocker' is set.

blocker_port
is the TCP port of the Sophos blocker service. Default is 4466.

blocker_weight
is the weight of the blocker check. See description of grey_threshold and block_threshold regarding
the weights.

Sun Java System Messaging Server specific options
You may configure the responses grossd(8) sends over to grosscheck library.

sjsms_response_grey
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_GREY result. Default is
`$X4.4.3|$N%reason%', where `%reason%' is the template for the reason string.

sjsms_response_match
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_MATCH result. Default is `$Y'.

sjsms_response_trust
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_TRUST result. Default is `$Y'.

sjsms_response_block
is the mapping result template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_BLOCK result. Default is `$N%reason%',
where `%reason%' is the template for the reason string.

Postfix specific options
postfix_response_grey
is the response template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_GREY result. Default is `action=defer_if_permit
%reason%', where `%reason' is the template for the reason string.

postfix_response_block
is the response template grossd(8) uses for a STATUS_BLOCK result. Default is `action=reject
%reason%', where `%reason' is the template for the reason string.

MTA CONFIGURATION

   Sun Java System Messaging Server
       You have to add a mapping entry to set SJSMS to query  grossd(8).  It's  also  a  good  idea  to  exclude
       postmaster and abuse addresses before querying grossd(8).

       Here is an example:

         ORIG_MAIL_ACCESS

         ! allow all DSNs and MDNs
           TCP|*|*|*|*|*|*|tcp_local||*|*  $Y$E
         ! allow all incoming mail to postmaster and abuse
           TCP|*|*|*|*|*|*|tcp_local|*|*|postmaster@*  $Y$E
           TCP|*|*|*|*|*|*|tcp_local|*|*|abuse@*  $Y$E
         ! use gross to check all triplets (client_ip,sender,recipient)
           TCP|*|*|*|*|SMTP/*|*|tcp_local|*|*|*                                         $[/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
       gnu/grosscheck.so,grosscheck,10.10.13.1,10.10.13.2,5525,$2,$=$8$_,$=$6$_,$=$4$_]

       Mapping call parameters are as follows:
           1. full path of the grosscheck.so
           2. function name to call (always grosscheck)
           3. first server's IP address,
           4. second server's IP address,
           5. UDP port for server connections,
           6. SMTP client's IP address,
           7. envelope sender's email address,
           8. envelope recipient's email address,
           9. HELO/EHLO string.

   Postfix
       Grossd implements native Postfix policy delegation protocol. Just specify grossd server  address  at  the
       `smtpd_recipient_restrictions' in the main configuration file

       main.cf :

         /etc/postfix/main.cf:
             smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
                 ...
                 reject_unauth_destination
                 check_policy_service inet:host:port
                 ...

       Refer to Postfix documentation at <http://www.postfix.org> for specifics.

   Exim
       Exim can be configured to query grossd(8) via Postfix policy delegation protocol.

       Main section:

         GROSS_QUERY = sender=$sender_address\\n\\
           recipient=$local_part@$domain\\n\\
           client_address=$sender_host_address\\n\\
           grossd_mode=single\\n\\n

       Acl section:

         # gross
         warn
           set acl_c0 = ${readsocket{inet:127.0.0.1:5525}{GROSS_QUERY}}

         defer
           message = Please try again later.
           condition = ${if match {$acl_c0}{action=defer_if_permit}}

         deny
           message = ${if match {$acl_c0}{action=reject (.*)}{$1}\\
             {Rejected by Gross.}}
           condition = ${if match {$acl_c0}{action=reject}}

   Sendmail
       Sendmail  can  query  grossd  via milter protocol. Insert this in sendmail.mc and configure milter_listen
       accordingly:

         INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`Gross', `S=inet:5523@localhost, T=R:20s')

       You can check if your version of Sendmail has  Milter  support  compiled  in  by  issuing  the  following
       command:

         sendmail -bt -d0.1

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