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Fail2Ban (version 0.8.2) 2008/03/06
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Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
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that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall
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rules to reject the IP address. These rules can be defined by
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the user. Fail2Ban can read multiple log files such as sshd
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or Apache web server ones.
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This README is a quick introduction to Fail2ban. More
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documentation, FAQ, HOWTOs are available on the project
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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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>=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-0.8.2.tar.bz2
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> cd fail2ban-0.8.2
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> python setup.py install
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This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The
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executable scripts are placed into /usr/bin.
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It is possible that Fail2ban is already packaged for your
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distribution. In this 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
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fail2ban-client and never call fail2ban-server directly.
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Configuration:
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You can configure Fail2ban using the files in /etc/fail2ban.
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It is possible to configure the server using commands sent to
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it by fail2ban-client. The available commands are described
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in the man page of fail2ban-client. Please refer to it or to
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the website: http://www.fail2ban.org
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Contact:
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--------
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You need some new features, you found bugs or you just
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appreciate this program, you can contact me at:
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Website: http://www.fail2ban.org
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Cyril Jaquier: <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>
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Thanks:
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-------
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Kévin Drapel, Marvin Rouge, Sireyessire, Robert Edeker,
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Tom Pike, Iain Lea, Andrey G. Grozin, Yaroslav Halchenko,
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Jonathan Kamens, Stephen Gildea, Markus Hoffmann, Mark
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Edgington, Patrick Börjesson, kojiro, zugeschmiert, Tyler,
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Nick Munger, Christoph Haas, Justin Shore, Joël Bertrand,
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René Berber, mEDI, Axel Thimm, Eric Gerbier, Christian Rauch,
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Michael C. Haller, Jonathan Underwood, Hanno 'Rince' Wagner,
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Daniel B. Cid, David Nutter, Raphaël Marichez, Guillaume
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Delvit, Vaclav Misek, Adrien Clerc, Michael Hanselmann,
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Vincent Deffontaines, Bill Heaton and many others.
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License:
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--------
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Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it
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and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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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
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useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
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warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
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details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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License along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free
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Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
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Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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