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Fail2Ban (version 0.5.4) 2005/09/13
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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 is my first Python program. Moreover, English is not my
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mother tongue...
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More details:
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-------------
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Fail2Ban is rather simple. I have a home server connected to
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the Internet which runs apache, samba, sshd, ... I see in my
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logs that people are trying to log into my box using "manual"
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brute force or scripts. They try 10, 20 and sometimes more
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user/password (without success anyway). In order to
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discourage these script kiddies, I wanted that sshd refuse
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login from a specific ip after 3 password failures. After
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some Google searches, I found that sshd was not able of that.
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So I search for a script or program that do it. I found
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nothing :-( So I decide to write mine and to learn Python :-)
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For each sections defined in the configuration file, Fail2Ban
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tries to find lines which match the failregex. Then it
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retrieves the message time using timeregex and timepattern.
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It finally gets the ip and if it has already done 3 or more
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password failures in the last banTime, the ip is banned for
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banTime using a firewall rule. This rule is set by the user
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in the configuration file. Thus, Fail2Ban can be adapted for
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lots of firewall. After banTime, the rule is deleted. Notice
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that if no "plain" ip is available, Fail2Ban try to do DNS
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lookup in order to found one or several ip's to ban.
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Sections can be freely added so it is possible to monitor
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several daemons at the same time.
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Runs on my server and does its job rather well :-) The idea
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is to make fail2ban usable with daemons and services that
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require a login (sshd, telnetd, ...) and with different
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firewalls.
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Installation:
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Require: python-2.3 (http://www.python.org)
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To install, just do:
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> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.5.4.tar.bz2
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> cd fail2ban-0.5.4
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> python setup.py install
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This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/lib/fail2ban. The fail2ban
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executable is placed into /usr/bin.
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Gentoo: ebuilds are available on the website.
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Debian: Fail2Ban is in Debian unstable.
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RedHat: packages are available on the website.
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Fail2Ban should now be correctly installed. Just type:
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> fail2ban -h
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to see if everything is alright. You can configure fail2ban
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with a config file. Copy config/fail2ban.conf.default to
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/etc/fail2ban.conf.
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You can use the initd script available in config/. Copy
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<dist>-initd to /etc/init.d/fail2ban. Gentoo users must copy
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gentoo-confd to /etc/conf.d/fail2ban. You can start fail2ban:
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> /etc/init.d/fail2ban start
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Gentoo users can add it to the default runlevel:
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> rc-update add fail2ban default
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Configuration:
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--------------
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You can configure fail2ban using the file /etc/fail2ban.conf
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or using command line options. Command line options override
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the value stored in fail2ban.conf. Here are the command line
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options:
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-b start in background
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-d start in debug mode
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-c <FILE> read configuration file FILE
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-p <FILE> create PID lock in FILE
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-h display this help message
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-i <IP(s)> IP(s) to ignore
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-k kill a currently running instance
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-r <VALUE> allow a max of VALUE password failure
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-t <TIME> ban IP for TIME seconds
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-v verbose. Use twice for greater effect
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-V print software version
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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://fail2ban.sourceforge.net
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Cyril Jaquier: <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>
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Thanks:
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-------
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K<EFBFBD>vin 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
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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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