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authorNishant Limbachia <nishant@mnspace.net>2010-05-11 20:01:32 +0200
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+Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP that makes
+too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the
+IP address. These rules can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read
+multiple log files such as sshd, Apache web server, postfix and others.
+
+fail2ban has following dependencies which are offical Slackware packages:
+1. Python >= 2.3 Required
+2. gamin >= 0.0.21 Optional
+
+Also see README.SBo for configuration and upgrade help.