Publisher review:Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes too many password failures. Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes too many password failures.
It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.
Here is a list of the main features available in Fail2ban:
- Client/Server architecture.
- Multi-threaded.
- Highly configurable.
- FAM/Gamin support.
- Parses log files and looks for given patterns.
- Executes commands when a pattern has been detected for the same IP address for more than X times. X can be changed.
- After a given amount of time, executes another command in order to unban the IP address.
- Uses Netfilter/Iptables by default but can also use TCP Wrapper (/etc/hosts.deny) and many other actions.
- Handles log files rotation.
- Can handle more than one service (sshd, apache, vsftpd, etc).
- Resolves DNS hostname to IP address.
Fail2ban 0.8.1 is a Python script for Security Systems scripts design by Cyril Jaquier.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
Fail2ban 0.8.1 script details 
