OSSEC / HIDS Rule 9701

OSSEC / HIDS rule catalog

• Rule family: OSSEC / HIDS
• Rule ID: 9701
• Definition status: Present in current source
• Alert message / subject: Dovecot Authentication Success.
• Rule level: 3
• Definition checked: 2026-10-21

Interpretation and response

Dovecot reported a successful authentication. Correlate the account and source with expected activity.

An OSSEC/HIDS event records or correlates activity. Blocking depends on the originating application and any separately configured Active Response policy; an alert alone does not prove that an attack was blocked.

The source page contained a copied ID 9706 and described disconnection. Current rule 9701 reports authentication success.

Documentation

The following guidance was migrated from the historical wiki and reviewed against the rule definition. Legacy ASL product names and interface instructions refer to the versions documented then. Use the current metadata above and your installed configuration when interpreting thresholds, notification settings and response behavior.

Rule ID

9701

Status

The wiki marked this rule Active at the source revision. Current definition status is shown above.

Description

Dovecot reported a successful authentication. Correlate the account and source with expected activity.

Historical response guidance

Review the event and expected administrative activity. The earlier instructions under this heading applied to the historical description; use the current interpretation above.

Tuning Recommendations

None.

Source and revision

Migrated from HIDS_9701, wiki page 504, revision 4339 (20131217). Documentation review: 2026-10-21. An archived wiki status of Active is not a current deployment status.

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