Stockade (software)
| Stockade | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures (CAIA) at Swinburne University of Technology |
| Developer(s) | Malcolm Robb, Grenville Armitage, Adam Black |
| Stable release | 0.2
/ March 16, 2007 |
| Operating system | FreeBSD |
| Type | Spam mitigation |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Website | http://caia.swin.edu.au/stockade/ |
Stockade is a TCP-layer blocking tool written in C++. It denies TCP/IP access to registered IP addresses by using the ipfw packet filter. It targets spam prevention, but may also be used against other attackers (e.g. brute force password crackers.)