DNS Blacklist Packet Filter
DNS Blacklist Packet Filter is a Linux netfilter client that decides whether to accept or drop packets based on the results of a DNS blacklist query (such as MAPS, SORBS, or SPEWS, to name a few). One use is to filter all incoming SMTP SYN packets for spam filtering.
| Tags | Internet Networking Firewalls Monitoring |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 11 May 2009 04:35
Changes: A serious signing bug was fixed. Upgrading is strongly recommended.
- 14 Mar 2009 19:14
Changes: The last release had a bug in which it would allow all packets through, regardless of the verdict. This release should fix that.
- 05 Jul 2008 08:29
Changes: A few minor cleanups were made to make the client work with newer machines and OSes. It now compiles and runs successfully on FC9 under 2.6.25 on a 64-bit machine.
- 09 Jul 2006 04:08
Changes: The new netfilter-queue architecture is now used.
- 03 Aug 2004 22:02
Changes: This release has many feature enhancements, including a caching mechanism, changes to autoconf configuration, a stats socket and stats reading program, enhanced documentation, and other enhancements and fixes.
