[TriLUG] Automatic firewall rules based on probes?

[Ric Moore]

On 05/14/2014 10:50 AM, Phillip Rhodes (Fogbeam Labs) wrote:
> +1 for fail2ban.  I had a demo server that was being knocked offline
> periodically by brute-force ssh bots, and fail2ban fixed that.  It's easy
> to install/configure and works well in my experience.

+2 fail2ban works a charm, and starts to work as soon as you install it. Ric

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