Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:30:40 -0400 From: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPFW and Fail2Ban Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP646617B64637722672F354931B0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <y2k6201873e1004030549o558434fei39cb4e879eafb453@mail.gmail.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP13657371D34258DC11CBC2931B0@phx.gbl> <y2k6201873e1004030549o558434fei39cb4e879eafb453@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 06:49:33 -0600, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> articulated: > On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Carmel NY <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am having an exceedingly hard time finding documentation on > > Fail2Ban on FreeBSD. In fact, documentation on Fail2Ban seems > > rather sparse to begin with. > > > > In any case, does Fail2Ban work with the IPFW firewall on FreeBSD? > > Does it do it natively, or does it require a special configuration? > > > > I presently have 'denyhost' up and running. If I get Fail2Ban > > working correctly, I assume I can remove 'denyhost'. Again, I am > > assuming that the two program would interact badly with each other. > > > > I don't know anything about fail2ban so can't help you there. Is > there something wrong with denyhosts? Nothing at all, I am just exploring other avenues. Fail2Ban can potentially block more attacks than denyhosts can though. -- Carmel carmel_ny@hotmail.com |::::======= |::::======= |=========== |=========== | Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
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