Authfail

authfail is a tool for adding IP addresses to an ACL.
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Bartek Krajnik
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.bmk-it.com/projects/

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authfail is a tool for adding IP addresses to an ACL. Authfail is a program that goes with real time updating on FIFO file and adds IP into netfilter with DROP/REJECT policy in real time. The FIFO file is /dev/authfail. The rejected hosts database is located in /var/log/authfail.Each time a given host will do an "authentication failure" via syslog, authfail will count it. If this occure more than the parameters given to authfail, the given host will be REJECTED/DROPPED via Netfilter. Whois notification is possible.authfail may be configured using the /etc/authfail.conf file.The program is written under the GNU GPL Public License.What's New in This Release:· The Setup.pl file was modified to not notify private RFC 1918 networks during the setup process.


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