Fail2ban

It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.
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  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • fail2ban.org
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  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X
  • File Size:
  • 70KB

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Fail2ban Description

Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject The IP address. Current features Here is a list of the main features available in Fail2ban. Client/Server architecture. Multi-threaded. Highly configurable. FAM/Gamin support. Parses log files and looks for given patterns. Executes commands when a pattern has been detected for the same IP address for more than X times. X can be changed. After a given amount of time, executes another command in order to unban the IP address. Uses Netfilter/Iptables by Default but can also use TCP Wrapper (/etc/hosts.deny) and many other actions. Handles log files rotation. Can handle more than one service (SSHD, apache, vsftpd, etc). Resolves DNS hostname to IP address.


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