From ef122d70daa1afcf6922316369514afd3e7d094a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nishant Limbachia Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 20:01:32 +0200 Subject: network/fail2ban: Added to 12.0 repository --- network/fail2ban/README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 network/fail2ban/README (limited to 'network/fail2ban/README') diff --git a/network/fail2ban/README b/network/fail2ban/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5993d3c304 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/fail2ban/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +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. -- cgit v1.2.3