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Fail2Ban (version 0.8.8) 2012/07/31
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Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP that makes too many
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password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address. These
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rules can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read multiple log files such as
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sshd or Apache web server ones.
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This README is a quick introduction to Fail2ban. More documentation, FAQ, HOWTOs
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are available on the project website: http://www.fail2ban.org
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Installation:
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-------------
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Required:
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>=python-2.3 (http://www.python.org)
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Optional:
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pyinotify:
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>=linux-2.6.13
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>=python-2.4
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>=pyinotify-0.8.3 (https://github.com/seb-m/pyinotify)
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Gamin:
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>=gamin-0.0.21 (http://www.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin)
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To install, just do:
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> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.8.tar.bz2
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> cd fail2ban-0.8.8
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> python setup.py install
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This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The executable scripts are
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placed into /usr/bin.
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It is possible that Fail2ban is already packaged for your distribution. In this
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case, you should use it.
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Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type:
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> fail2ban-client -h
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to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and never
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call fail2ban-server directly.
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Configuration:
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You can configure Fail2ban using the files in /etc/fail2ban. It is possible to
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configure the server using commands sent to it by fail2ban-client. The available
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commands are described in the man page of fail2ban-client. Please refer to it or
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to the website: http://www.fail2ban.org
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Contact:
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--------
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Website: http://www.fail2ban.org
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You need some new features, you found bugs: visit
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https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues
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and if your issue is not yet known -- file a bug report.
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If you would like to troubleshoot or discuss: join the mailing list
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https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fail2ban-users
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If you just appreciate this program: send kudos to the original author
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(Cyril Jaquier: <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>) or the mailing list
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https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fail2ban-users
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Thanks:
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-------
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See THANKS file.
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License:
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--------
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Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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version.
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Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
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Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
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Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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