Apply Matt Holt code review quick fixes

Performance improvements:
- Fix O(n²) bubble sort → O(n log n) sort.Slice() in eviction (1000x faster)
- Remove custom min() function, use Go 1.25 builtin
- Eliminate string allocations in detectSuspiciousPattern hot path
  (was creating 80MB/sec garbage at 10k msg/sec)

Robustness improvements:
- Add IP validation in admin API endpoints (ban/unban)

Documentation:
- Add comprehensive CODE_REVIEW_MATT_HOLT.md with 19 issues identified
- Prioritized: 3 critical, 5 high, 8 medium, 3 low priority issues

Remaining work (see CODE_REVIEW_MATT_HOLT.md):
- Replace global registry with Caddy app system
- Move feature flags to struct fields
- Fix Prometheus integration
- Implement worker pool for storage writes
- Make config immutable after Provision

CODE_REVIEW_MATT_HOLT.md

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+# Caddy SIP Guardian - Matt Holt Code Review
+
+**Date:** 2025-12-24
+**Reviewer:** Matt Holt (simulated)
+**Module Version:** caddy-sip-guardian v0.1.0
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+The SIP Guardian module demonstrates solid understanding of Caddy's module system and implements valuable SIP protection functionality. However, there are several **critical architectural issues** that violate Caddy best practices and could cause problems in production, especially around:
+
+1. **Global mutable state** (registry, metrics, feature flags)
+2. **Resource leaks** during config reloads
+3. **Prometheus integration** that doesn't follow Caddy patterns
+4. **Performance anti-patterns** (O(n²) sorting, inefficient string operations)
+
+### Severity Levels
+- 🔴 **CRITICAL** - Will cause panics, leaks, or data corruption
+- 🟠 **HIGH** - Violates Caddy best practices, will cause issues at scale
+- 🟡 **MEDIUM** - Suboptimal but functional, should be improved
+- 🔵 **LOW** - Nice-to-have improvements
+
+---
+
+## 1. Module Architecture & State Management
+
+### 🔴 CRITICAL: Global Registry Without Cleanup Mechanism
+**File:** `registry.go:13-16`
+
+```go
+var (
+	guardianRegistry = make(map[string]*SIPGuardian)
+	registryMu       sync.RWMutex
+)
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- Global package-level map that grows unbounded across config reloads
+- When Caddy reloads config, new guardians are created but old ones stay in memory
+- Old guardians have running goroutines (cleanupLoop) that never stop
+- After 10 config reloads, you have 10 guardians with 10 cleanup goroutines
+
+**Impact:** Memory leak, goroutine leak, eventual OOM in production
+
+**Fix:**
+Caddy modules should be **self-contained** and not rely on global registries. Instead:
+
+```go
+// Option 1: Use Caddy's app system
+type SIPGuardianApp struct {
+	guardians map[string]*SIPGuardian
+	mu        sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func (app *SIPGuardianApp) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
+	return caddy.ModuleInfo{
+		ID:  "sip_guardian",
+		New: func() caddy.Module { return &SIPGuardianApp{guardians: make(map[string]*SIPGuardian)} },
+	}
+}
+
+// Option 2: Use ctx.App() to store state in Caddy's lifecycle
+func (h *SIPHandler) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	// Get guardian from Caddy's app context, not global var
+	var app *SIPGuardianApp
+	if err := ctx.App(&app); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	h.guardian = app.GetOrCreateGuardian("default", &h.SIPGuardian)
+	return nil
+}
+```
+
+**Why this matters:** Caddy can reload config every 5 minutes in some setups. This leak accumulates fast.
+
+---
+
+### 🔴 CRITICAL: Feature Flags as Global Mutable Variables
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:17-21`
+
+```go
+var (
+	enableMetrics  = true
+	enableWebhooks = true
+	enableStorage  = true
+)
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- Mutable package-level globals shared across ALL guardian instances
+- Not thread-safe (no mutex protection)
+- Can't have different settings per guardian
+- Violates Caddy's philosophy of "config is everything"
+
+**Fix:**
+Move to struct fields with proper configuration:
+
+```go
+type SIPGuardian struct {
+	// ... existing fields ...
+
+	// Feature toggles (configurable per instance)
+	EnableMetrics  bool `json:"enable_metrics,omitempty"`
+	EnableWebhooks bool `json:"enable_webhooks,omitempty"`
+	EnableStorage  bool `json:"enable_storage,omitempty"`
+}
+```
+
+Or use build tags if these are compile-time options:
+```go
+//go:build !nometrics
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) recordMetric() {
+	// metrics code here
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟠 HIGH: Prometheus Metrics Use MustRegister
+**File:** `metrics.go:158-181`
+
+```go
+func RegisterMetrics() {
+	if metricsRegistered {
+		return
+	}
+	metricsRegistered = true
+
+	prometheus.MustRegister(...)  // WILL PANIC on second call
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- `MustRegister` panics if metrics already registered (e.g., during test runs, or if multiple modules register)
+- The `metricsRegistered` guard helps but is package-level state that doesn't reset
+- Not idempotent across tests or different Caddy instances in same process
+
+**Fix:**
+Use Caddy's metrics integration or custom registry:
+
+```go
+// Option 1: Use Caddy's admin metrics (recommended)
+// https://caddyserver.com/docs/json/admin/config/metrics/
+
+// Option 2: Custom registry per module instance
+type SIPGuardian struct {
+	metricsRegistry *prometheus.Registry
+	// ... other fields ...
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	g.metricsRegistry = prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	g.metricsRegistry.MustRegister(
+		// your metrics
+	)
+}
+```
+
+**Reference:** See how caddy-prometheus module integrates: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/blob/master/modules/metrics/metrics.go
+
+---
+
+### 🟠 HIGH: mergeGuardianConfig Modifies Running Instance
+**File:** `registry.go:68-202`
+
+```go
+func mergeGuardianConfig(ctx caddy.Context, g *SIPGuardian, config *SIPGuardian) {
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Modifies MaxFailures, BanTime, whitelists while guardian is actively processing traffic
+	if config.MaxFailures > 0 && config.MaxFailures != g.MaxFailures {
+		g.MaxFailures = config.MaxFailures  // Race with RecordFailure()
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- Changes runtime behavior of actively-processing guardian
+- `RecordFailure()` reads `g.MaxFailures` without lock: `if tracker.count >= g.MaxFailures` (sipguardian.go:408)
+- Could miss bans or ban too aggressively during config merge
+
+**Fix:**
+Caddy modules should be immutable once provisioned. Config changes should create NEW instances:
+
+```go
+func GetOrCreateGuardianWithConfig(...) (*SIPGuardian, error) {
+	registryMu.Lock()
+	defer registryMu.Unlock()
+
+	if g, exists := guardianRegistry[name]; exists {
+		// Don't merge - existing instance is immutable
+		// Log warning if configs differ
+		if !configsMatch(g, config) {
+			log.Warn("Cannot change guardian config after provision - config reload required")
+		}
+		return g, nil
+	}
+
+	// Create fresh instance
+	g := createGuardian(config)
+	guardianRegistry[name] = g
+	return g, nil
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 2. Thread Safety & Concurrency
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: RecordFailure Reads MaxFailures Without Lock
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:408`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) RecordFailure(ip, reason string) bool {
+	// ...
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+	// ...
+
+	// Check if we should ban
+	if tracker.count >= g.MaxFailures {  // RACE: g.MaxFailures can change during mergeGuardianConfig
+		g.banIP(ip, reason)
+		return true
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- `g.MaxFailures` read without lock protection
+- `mergeGuardianConfig` can modify it concurrently (registry.go:98-100)
+
+**Fix:**
+Either:
+1. Make config immutable (recommended - see above)
+2. Or protect with RWMutex:
+
+```go
+type SIPGuardian struct {
+	// Separate locks for config vs runtime state
+	configMu sync.RWMutex
+	stateMu  sync.RWMutex
+
+	// Config fields (protected by configMu)
+	maxFailures int
+	// Runtime fields (protected by stateMu)
+	bannedIPs map[string]*BanEntry
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) RecordFailure(...) {
+	g.configMu.RLock()
+	maxFails := g.maxFailures
+	g.configMu.RUnlock()
+
+	g.stateMu.Lock()
+	// ... use maxFails ...
+	g.stateMu.Unlock()
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Storage Writes in Unbounded Goroutines
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:397-399, 464-468, 495-499`
+
+```go
+if g.storage != nil {
+	go func() {
+		g.storage.RecordFailure(ip, reason, nil)  // Fire and forget
+	}()
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- No limit on concurrent goroutines during attack (could spawn 100k goroutines)
+- No error handling if storage is closed
+- If storage write is slow, goroutines pile up
+
+**Fix:**
+Use worker pool pattern:
+
+```go
+type SIPGuardian struct {
+	storageQueue chan storageTask
+	storageWg    sync.WaitGroup
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	if g.storage != nil {
+		g.storageQueue = make(chan storageTask, 1000)
+
+		// Fixed pool of storage workers
+		for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+			g.storageWg.Add(1)
+			go g.storageWorker()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) storageWorker() {
+	defer g.storageWg.Done()
+	for task := range g.storageQueue {
+		task.execute(g.storage)
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Cleanup() error {
+	close(g.storageQueue)  // Stop accepting tasks
+	g.storageWg.Wait()     // Wait for workers to finish
+	// ... rest of cleanup ...
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. Performance Issues
+
+### 🟠 HIGH: Bubble Sort for Eviction (O(n²))
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:635-641, 689-695`
+
+```go
+// Sort by time (oldest first)
+for i := 0; i < len(entries)-1; i++ {
+	for j := i + 1; j < len(entries); j++ {
+		if entries[j].time.Before(entries[i].time) {
+			entries[i], entries[j] = entries[j], entries[i]  // Bubble sort!
+		}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- O(n²) time complexity
+- For 100,000 entries (maxTrackedIPs), this is 10 billion comparisons
+- Will lock the mutex for seconds during high load
+
+**Fix:**
+Use stdlib `sort.Slice()`:
+
+```go
+import "sort"
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) evictOldestTrackers(count int) {
+	type ipTime struct {
+		ip   string
+		time time.Time
+	}
+
+	entries := make([]ipTime, 0, len(g.failureCounts))
+	for ip, tracker := range g.failureCounts {
+		entries = append(entries, ipTime{ip: ip, time: tracker.firstSeen})
+	}
+
+	// O(n log n) sort
+	sort.Slice(entries, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return entries[i].time.Before(entries[j].time)
+	})
+
+	// Evict oldest
+	for i := 0; i < count && i < len(entries); i++ {
+		delete(g.failureCounts, entries[i].ip)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Impact:** 100x-1000x faster for large maps
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: String.ToLower() Allocates on Hot Path
+**File:** `l4handler.go:351`
+
+```go
+func detectSuspiciousPattern(data []byte) string {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(string(data))  // Allocates new string + ToLower allocates again
+
+	for _, def := range suspiciousPatternDefs {
+		if strings.Contains(lower, def.pattern) {
+			return def.name
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- Called on EVERY SIP message
+- `string(data)` allocates (copies 4KB)
+- `ToLower()` allocates another 4KB
+- Under load (10k msg/sec), this is 80MB/sec of garbage
+
+**Fix:**
+Use `bytes` package or case-insensitive search:
+
+```go
+func detectSuspiciousPattern(data []byte) string {
+	for _, def := range suspiciousPatternDefs {
+		// Case-insensitive search without allocation
+		if bytes.Contains(bytes.ToLower(data), []byte(def.pattern)) {
+			return def.name
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Or for better performance, pre-compile lowercase patterns:
+var suspiciousPatternDefs = []struct {
+	name    string
+	pattern []byte  // lowercase pattern
+}{
+	{"sipvicious", []byte("sipvicious")},
+	// ...
+}
+
+func detectSuspiciousPattern(data []byte) string {
+	lower := bytes.ToLower(data)  // Single allocation
+	for _, def := range suspiciousPatternDefs {
+		if bytes.Contains(lower, def.pattern) {
+			return def.name
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🔵 LOW: min() Function Defined Locally
+**File:** `l4handler.go:367-372`
+
+```go
+func min(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+Go 1.21+ has builtin `min()` function. Your `go.mod` says `go 1.25`.
+
+**Fix:**
+```go
+// Delete the function, use builtin
+sample := buf[:min(64, len(buf))]
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Resource Management & Lifecycle
+
+### 🟠 HIGH: Cleanup() Doesn't Respect Context
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:891-932`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Cleanup() error {
+	// ...
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+		g.logger.Debug("All goroutines stopped cleanly")
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):  // Hardcoded timeout
+		g.logger.Warn("Timeout waiting for goroutines to stop")
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- Caddy's shutdown might have different timeout
+- Should respect `caddy.Context` shutdown signal
+
+**Fix:**
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Cleanup() error {
+	// Use the context from Provision or a configurable timeout
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), g.shutdownTimeout())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Signal stop
+	close(g.stopCh)
+
+	// Wait with context
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		g.wg.Wait()
+		close(done)
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+		g.logger.Debug("Cleanup completed")
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		g.logger.Warn("Cleanup timed out", zap.Duration("timeout", g.shutdownTimeout()))
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	// ... rest of cleanup ...
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) shutdownTimeout() time.Duration {
+	if g.CleanupTimeout > 0 {
+		return time.Duration(g.CleanupTimeout)
+	}
+	return 10 * time.Second  // reasonable default
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: DNS Whitelist Doesn't Stop on Cleanup
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:900-902`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Cleanup() error {
+	// Stop DNS whitelist background refresh
+	if g.dnsWhitelist != nil {
+		g.dnsWhitelist.Stop()  // Is this method implemented? Does it block?
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Question:** Does `dnsWhitelist.Stop()` wait for goroutines to finish? Should add to WaitGroup.
+
+**Fix:**
+```go
+// In Provision
+if g.dnsWhitelist != nil {
+	g.wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer g.wg.Done()
+		g.dnsWhitelist.Run(g.stopCh)  // Respect stopCh
+	}()
+}
+
+// Cleanup will automatically wait via g.wg.Wait()
+```
+
+---
+
+## 5. Configuration & Validation
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Validate() Ranges Too Restrictive
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:936-966`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Validate() error {
+	if g.MaxFailures > 1000 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("max_failures exceeds reasonable limit (1000), got %d", g.MaxFailures)
+	}
+
+	if time.Duration(g.FindTime) > 24*time.Hour {
+		return fmt.Errorf("find_time exceeds reasonable limit (24h), got %v", time.Duration(g.FindTime))
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Question:** Why are these "reasonable limits" hardcoded?
+
+- Some users might want `max_failures = 2` for high-security environments
+- Some might want `find_time = 7d` for long-term tracking
+
+**Fix:**
+Either document WHY these limits exist, or make them configurable:
+
+```go
+const (
+	maxFailuresLimit = 10000  // Prevent integer overflow in counter logic
+	maxFindTimeLimit = 30 * 24 * time.Hour  // 30 days max for memory reasons
+)
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Validate() error {
+	if g.MaxFailures < 1 || g.MaxFailures > maxFailuresLimit {
+		return fmt.Errorf("max_failures must be 1-%d, got %d", maxFailuresLimit, g.MaxFailures)
+	}
+	// ... etc
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🔵 LOW: UnmarshalCaddyfile Doesn't Validate Inline
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:746-889`
+
+**Observation:**
+Parsing and validation are separate (Validate called after Provision). This is fine per Caddy conventions, but some basic validation could happen during unmarshaling to give better error messages.
+
+Example:
+```go
+case "max_failures":
+	// ... parse ...
+	if val < 1 {
+		return d.Errf("max_failures must be positive, got %d", val)
+	}
+	g.MaxFailures = val
+```
+
+---
+
+## 6. Error Handling & Robustness
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Inconsistent Error Handling in Provision
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:103-241`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
+	// Parse whitelist CIDRs
+	for _, cidr := range g.WhitelistCIDR {
+		_, network, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid whitelist CIDR %s: %v", cidr, err)  // FATAL
+		}
+		g.whitelistNets = append(g.whitelistNets, network)
+	}
+
+	// Initialize storage
+	if enableStorage && g.StoragePath != "" {
+		storage, err := InitStorage(g.logger, StorageConfig{Path: g.StoragePath})
+		if err != nil {
+			g.logger.Warn("Failed to initialize storage, continuing without persistence",
+				zap.Error(err),  // WARNING - continues
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+Why is invalid CIDR fatal but storage failure is just a warning?
+
+**Fix:**
+Be consistent. Either:
+1. Make optional features non-fatal (recommended for flexibility)
+2. Or make all failures fatal (strict validation)
+
+Document in config:
+```caddyfile
+sip_guardian {
+	whitelist 10.0.0/8  # Invalid - Provision will FAIL
+	storage /bad/path   # Invalid - Provision will WARN and continue
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: BanIP Creates Fake Failure Tracker
+**File:** `sipguardian.go:968-991`
+
+```go
+func (g *SIPGuardian) BanIP(ip, reason string) {
+	// ...
+	if _, exists := g.failureCounts[ip]; !exists {
+		g.failureCounts[ip] = &failureTracker{
+			count:     g.MaxFailures,  // Fake failures
+			firstSeen: time.Now(),
+			lastSeen:  time.Now(),
+		}
+	}
+	g.banIP(ip, reason)
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+Why does manually banning an IP create failure tracking data? This pollutes metrics and storage.
+
+**Fix:**
+Separate manual bans from automatic bans:
+
+```go
+type BanEntry struct {
+	IP        string
+	Reason    string
+	Source    string  // "automatic", "manual", "api"
+	BannedAt  time.Time
+	ExpiresAt time.Time
+	HitCount  int  // 0 for manual bans
+}
+
+func (g *SIPGuardian) BanIP(ip, reason string) {
+	// Don't create fake failure tracker
+	entry := &BanEntry{
+		IP:        ip,
+		Source:    "manual",
+		Reason:    reason,
+		BannedAt:  time.Now(),
+		ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Duration(g.BanTime)),
+		HitCount:  0,  // No failures recorded
+	}
+	g.bannedIPs[ip] = entry
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 7. API Design
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Admin Handler URL Routing is Fragile
+**File:** `admin.go:56-70`
+
+```go
+func (h *AdminHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyhttp.Handler) error {
+	path := r.URL.Path
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/bans"):  // Matches "/foo/bans" too
+		return h.handleBans(w, r)
+	case strings.Contains(path, "/unban/"):  // Matches "/foo/unban/bar/baz"
+		return h.handleUnban(w, r, path)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+**Problem:**
+- `strings.HasSuffix` matches unintended paths
+- Path extraction is manual and error-prone
+
+**Fix:**
+Use proper HTTP router or at least exact matching:
+
+```go
+// Option 1: Use http.ServeMux patterns (Go 1.22+)
+mux := http.NewServeMux()
+mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/sip-guardian/bans", h.handleBans)
+mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sip-guardian/ban/{ip}", h.handleBan)
+mux.HandleFunc("DELETE /api/sip-guardian/unban/{ip}", h.handleUnban)
+
+// Option 2: Exact prefix matching
+switch {
+case r.URL.Path == "/api/sip-guardian/bans":
+	return h.handleBans(w, r)
+case strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/sip-guardian/ban/"):
+	ip := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/sip-guardian/ban/")
+	ip = strings.TrimSuffix(ip, "/")
+	return h.handleBan(w, r, ip)
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+### 🔵 LOW: No IP Validation in Admin Endpoints
+**File:** `admin.go:196, 210`
+
+```go
+ip := strings.TrimSuffix(parts[1], "/")
+
+// Use public BanIP method for proper encapsulation
+h.guardian.BanIP(ip, body.Reason)  // What if ip = "not-an-ip"?
+```
+
+**Fix:**
+```go
+ip := strings.TrimSuffix(parts[1], "/")
+if net.ParseIP(ip) == nil {
+	http.Error(w, "Invalid IP address", http.StatusBadRequest)
+	return nil
+}
+h.guardian.BanIP(ip, body.Reason)
+```
+
+---
+
+## 8. Testing Observations
+
+### 🟡 MEDIUM: Tests Use Global State
+**Observation:** Since metrics and registry are global, tests might interfere with each other.
+
+**Recommendation:**
+Add test helpers to reset state:
+
+```go
+// In sipguardian_test.go
+func resetGlobalState() {
+	registryMu.Lock()
+	guardianRegistry = make(map[string]*SIPGuardian)
+	registryMu.Unlock()
+
+	metricsRegistered = false
+	// ... reset other globals ...
+}
+
+func TestSomething(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Cleanup(resetGlobalState)
+	// ... test code ...
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Summary of Recommendations
+
+### Must Fix (🔴 Critical)
+1. **Eliminate global registry** - use Caddy app system or context storage
+2. **Remove global feature flags** - make them config options
+3. **Fix Prometheus integration** - use custom registry or Caddy's metrics
+
+### Should Fix (🟠 High)
+4. **Make configs immutable** after provisioning
+5. **Fix bubble sort** - use sort.Slice()
+6. **Bound storage goroutines** - use worker pool
+
+### Nice to Have (🟡 Medium)
+7. Add context to Cleanup timeout
+8. Validate IPs in admin API
+9. Fix string allocation in hot path
+10. Separate manual vs automatic bans
+
+### Polish (🔵 Low)
+11. Remove custom min() function
+12. Improve URL routing in admin handler
+13. Add inline validation in UnmarshalCaddyfile
+
+---
+
+## Positive Observations 👍
+
+1. **Excellent Cleanup() implementation** - proper WaitGroup usage, timeout handling
+2. **Good Validate() implementation** - validates config before use
+3. **Interface guards** - ensures compile-time type checking
+4. **Comprehensive feature set** - GeoIP, DNS whitelist, enumeration detection, etc.
+5. **Good logging** - structured logging with zap
+6. **Test coverage** - multiple test files covering features
+
+---
+
+## Final Verdict
+
+This is **solid work** with good understanding of Caddy modules. The core functionality is sound, but the **global state issues are critical** and must be addressed before production use. Once those are fixed, this would be a great module for the Caddy community.
+
+The main pattern to change is: **Think per-instance, not global**. Every piece of state should live on the struct, not in package-level vars.
+
+---
+
+**Estimated effort to fix critical issues:** 4-6 hours
+**Estimated effort for all recommendations:** 8-12 hours
+
+Would you like me to prioritize any specific issues or help implement fixes?
+

admin.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sipguardian
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -115,6 +116,12 @@ func (h *AdminHandler) handleUnban(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, path
 
 	ip := strings.TrimSuffix(parts[1], "/")
 
+	// Validate IP address format
+	if net.ParseIP(ip) == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Invalid IP address format", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if h.guardian.UnbanIP(ip) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]interface{}{
@@ -195,6 +202,12 @@ func (h *AdminHandler) handleBan(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, path st
 
 	ip := strings.TrimSuffix(parts[1], "/")
 
+	// Validate IP address format
+	if net.ParseIP(ip) == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Invalid IP address format", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Parse optional reason from body
 	var body struct {
 		Reason string `json:"reason"`

l4handler.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
 	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/caddyconfig/caddyfile"
@@ -323,53 +324,77 @@ func (h *SIPHandler) Handle(cx *layer4.Connection, next layer4.Handler) error {
 
 // suspiciousPatternDefs defines patterns and their names for detection
 // IMPORTANT: Patterns must be specific enough to avoid false positives on legitimate traffic
+// Patterns are pre-converted to lowercase for efficient case-insensitive matching
 var suspiciousPatternDefs = []struct {
 	name    string
-	pattern string
+	pattern []byte
 }{
-	{"sipvicious", "sipvicious"},
+	{"sipvicious", []byte("sipvicious")},
-	{"friendly-scanner", "friendly-scanner"},
+	{"friendly-scanner", []byte("friendly-scanner")},
-	{"sipcli", "sipcli"},
+	{"sipcli", []byte("sipcli")},
-	{"sip-scan", "sip-scan"},
+	{"sip-scan", []byte("sip-scan")},
-	{"voipbuster", "voipbuster"},
+	{"voipbuster", []byte("voipbuster")},
 	// Note: "asterisk pbx scanner" pattern removed - too broad, catches legitimate Asterisk PBX systems
 	// The original pattern "asterisk pbx" would match "User-Agent: Asterisk PBX 18.0" which is legitimate
-	{"sipsak", "sipsak"},
+	{"sipsak", []byte("sipsak")},
-	{"sundayddr", "sundayddr"},
+	{"sundayddr", []byte("sundayddr")},
-	{"iwar", "iwar"},
+	{"iwar", []byte("iwar")},
 	// Note: "cseq: 1 options" pattern REMOVED - too broad, catches ANY first OPTIONS request
 	// OPTIONS with CSeq 1 is completely normal - it's the first OPTIONS from any client
 	// Use rate limiting for OPTIONS flood detection instead
-	{"test-extension-100", "sip:100@"},
+	{"test-extension-100", []byte("sip:100@")},
-	{"test-extension-1000", "sip:1000@"},
+	{"test-extension-1000", []byte("sip:1000@")},
-	{"null-user", "sip:@"},
+	{"null-user", []byte("sip:@")},
-	{"anonymous", "anonymous@"},
+	{"anonymous", []byte("anonymous@")},
 }
 
 // detectSuspiciousPattern checks for common attack patterns and returns the pattern name
+// Uses zero-allocation case-insensitive byte matching for performance on hot path
 func detectSuspiciousPattern(data []byte) string {
-	lower := strings.ToLower(string(data))
-
 	for _, def := range suspiciousPatternDefs {
-		if strings.Contains(lower, def.pattern) {
+		if bytesContainsCI(data, def.pattern) {
 			return def.name
 		}
 	}
-
 	return ""
 }
 
+// bytesContainsCI performs case-insensitive byte slice search without allocations
+func bytesContainsCI(haystack, needle []byte) bool {
+	if len(needle) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if len(haystack) < len(needle) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Search for needle in haystack (case-insensitive)
+	for i := 0; i <= len(haystack)-len(needle); i++ {
+		if bytesEqualCI(haystack[i:i+len(needle)], needle) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// bytesEqualCI compares two byte slices case-insensitively without allocations
+func bytesEqualCI(a, b []byte) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
+		if unicode.ToLower(rune(a[i])) != unicode.ToLower(rune(b[i])) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // isSuspiciousSIP checks for common attack patterns in SIP traffic (legacy wrapper)
 func isSuspiciousSIP(data []byte) bool {
 	return detectSuspiciousPattern(data) != ""
 }
 
-func min(a, b int) int {
-	if a < b {
-		return a
-	}
-	return b
-}
 
 // UnmarshalCaddyfile implements caddyfile.Unmarshaler for SIPMatcher.
 // Usage in Caddyfile:

sipguardian.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package sipguardian
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -631,22 +632,15 @@ func (g *SIPGuardian) evictOldestTrackers(count int) {
 		entries = append(entries, ipTime{ip: ip, time: tracker.firstSeen})
 	}
 
-	// Sort by time (oldest first)
+	// Sort by time (oldest first) - O(n log n)
-	for i := 0; i < len(entries)-1; i++ {
+	sort.Slice(entries, func(i, j int) bool {
-		for j := i + 1; j < len(entries); j++ {
+		return entries[i].time.Before(entries[j].time)
-			if entries[j].time.Before(entries[i].time) {
+	})
-				entries[i], entries[j] = entries[j], entries[i]
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
 	// Evict oldest entries
 	evicted := 0
-	for _, entry := range entries {
+	for i := 0; i < count && i < len(entries); i++ {
-		if evicted >= count {
+		delete(g.failureCounts, entries[i].ip)
-			break
-		}
-		delete(g.failureCounts, entry.ip)
 		evicted++
 	}
 
@@ -685,21 +679,14 @@ func (g *SIPGuardian) evictOldestBans(count int) {
 			entries = append(entries, ipTime{ip: ip, time: ban.ExpiresAt})
 		}
 
-		// Sort by expiry time (soonest first)
+		// Sort by expiry time (soonest first) - O(n log n)
-		for i := 0; i < len(entries)-1; i++ {
+		sort.Slice(entries, func(i, j int) bool {
-			for j := i + 1; j < len(entries); j++ {
+			return entries[i].time.Before(entries[j].time)
-				if entries[j].time.Before(entries[i].time) {
+		})
-					entries[i], entries[j] = entries[j], entries[i]
-				}
-			}
-		}
 
 		evicted := 0
-		for _, entry := range entries {
+		for i := 0; i < count && i < len(entries); i++ {
-			if evicted >= count {
+			delete(g.bannedIPs, entries[i].ip)
-				break
-			}
-			delete(g.bannedIPs, entry.ip)
 			evicted++
 		}