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Fail2Ban (version 0.3.1)                           ??/??/2005
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ver. 0.3.1 (??/??/2005) - beta
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- Corrected level of messages
- Added DNS lookup support
- Improved parsing speed. Only parse the new log messages
- Added a second verbose level (-vv)

ver. 0.3.0 (02/24/2005) - beta
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- Re-writting of parts of the code in order to handle several
  log files with different rules
- Removed sshd.py because it is no more needed
- Fixed a bug when exiting with IP in the ban list
- Added PID lock file
- Improved some parts of the code
- Added ipfw-start-rule option (thanks to Robert Edeker)
- Added -k option which kills a currently running Fail2Ban

ver. 0.1.2 (11/21/2004) - beta
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- Add ipfw and ipfwadm support. The rules are taken from
  BlockIt. Thanks to Robert Edeker
- Add -e option which allows to set the interface. Thanks to
  Robert Edeker who reminded me this
- Small code cleaning

ver. 0.1.1 (10/23/2004) - beta
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- Add SIGTERM handler in order to exit nicely when in daemon
  mode
- Add -r option which allows to set the maximum number of
  login failures
- Remove the Metalog class as the log file are not so syslog
  daemon specific
- Rewrite log reader to be service centered. Sshd support
  added. Match "Failed password" and "Illegal user"
- Add /etc/fail2ban.conf configuration support
- Code documentation


ver. 0.1.0 (10/12/2004) - alpha
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- Initial release