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Prevent brute force attacks

February 1, 2011 by Igor Drobot Leave a Comment


Fail2ban monitors log files like /var/log/auth.log and Webserver access logs and can temporarily or persistently bans failure-prone addresses by updating existing firewall rules.

Currently, by default, fail2ban supports ssh/apache/vsftpd but configuration can be easily extended for monitoring any other ASCII file.
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Filed Under: Debian, Linux Tagged With: Brute force, Security SSH