context general {
    threshold 550;

    add_command    "/sbin/iptables -I INPUT --src %s --jump DROP";
    remove_command "/sbin/iptables -D INPUT --src %s --jump DROP";

    ignore {
        127.0.0.0/8;        // localhost
    };

    file "/var/log/secure" {
        pattern "sshd.*Failed password .* from ::ffff:(.*) port" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ssh failed password";
        };
        pattern "sshd.*Failed password .* from (.*) port" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ssh failed password";
        };
        pattern "sshd.*authentication failure; .* rhost=(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ssh failed password";
        };
        pattern "sshd.*Did not receive identification string from (.*)" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ssh failed password";
        };
        pattern "proftpd.*no such user found from (.*) \[" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ftp failed password";
        };
        pattern "proftpd.* authentication failure; .* rhost=(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ftp failed password";
        };
        pattern "vsftpd.* authentication failure; .* rhost=(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "ftp failed password";
        };
        pattern "dovecot.* authentication failure; .* rhost=::ffff:(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "dovecot failed password";
        };
        pattern "dovecot.* authentication failure; .* rhost=(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "dovecot failed password";
        };
    };

    file "/var/log/messages" {
        pattern "dovecot.* authentication failure; .* rhost=(.*) " {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "dovecot failed password";
        };
        pattern "ipop3d.* Login failed .* \[(.*)\]" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "pop3 failed password";
        };
    };

    file "/var/log/httpd/access_log" {
        // of course you cannot use this if you actually use cgi-bin directories
        pattern "(.*) - - .* /cgi-bin" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache cgi-bin reference";
        };
        // or if you actually have an index2.php script
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/index2.php" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache index2.php reference";
        };
        // or if you have a main.php script
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/main.php" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache main.php reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/awstats.pl" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache awstats.pl reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/xmlrpc" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache xmlrpc reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/adxmlrpc" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache adxmlrpc reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/includes/general.js" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache general.js reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/Admin/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache phpMyAdmin reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/MyAdmin/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache phpMyAdmin reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/phpMyAdmin/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache phpMyAdmin reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/user/soapCaller" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache soapCaller reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*POST /contact.php" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache contact.php post";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/crossdomain.xml" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache crossdomain.xml reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/cart/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache cart reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/zen/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache zen reference";
        };
        pattern "(.*) - - .*/zencart/" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 400;
            message "apache zencart reference";
        };
    };

    file "/var/log/maillog" {
        pattern "lost input channel from .* \[(.*)\] .* after (mail|rcpt|auth)" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 200;
            message "sendmail spammer dropping connection";
        };
        pattern " \[(.*)\]: possible SMTP attack" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 600;
            message "sendmail authentication attack";
        };
        pattern "rejecting commands from .* \[(.*)\] due to pre-greeting traffic" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 1800;
            message "sendmail pre-greeting";
        };
        pattern "dovecot.*Aborted login.*rip=(.*)," {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 100;
            message "dovecot failed password";
        };
        pattern "dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Shutting down.*rip=(.*)," {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 100;
            message "dovecot failed password";
        };

        // make sure your upstream MX servers are listed in the
        // ignore block above, otherwise you will kill them off
        // when they try to forward such mail to you.
        pattern "sendmail.*from=<>,.*nrcpts=0,.*\[(.*)\]" {
            index 1;    // zero based
            bucket 200;
            message "sendmail rejected bounce";
        };
    };
};