On 09/03/2019 08:57, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > looks like "denyhosts" is nol more in the repos. I like this tool, because it > blocks the IP, when the wrong password is sent n-times. > > The blocked IP is added into /etc/hosts.deny, which IMO is a great idea. > > I am using a script, which, cleares the hosts.deny after a certain time, but > this is just my behaviour. > > My question: which successor for denyhost do you suggest. I found sshguard, > which looks promising, but maybe you got a better tool, which is similar to > denyhosts. > > Happy hacking! > > Hans
Hi Hans Maybe have a look at fail2ban this seems to fit the description of what you're looking for. I have not used it much but I found out about it from another Linux user group member years ago and he suggested it. Regards Paul -- Paul Sutton http://www.zleap.net https://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/ gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D
