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It takes a few commands to get going though, and I guess it doesn't run as a normal service? | It takes a few commands to get going though, and I guess it doesn't run as a normal service? | ||
🌵 m@bitpost [~ | 🌵 m@bitpost [~]sudo fail2ban-client add mdmjail | ||
Added jail mdmjail | Added jail mdmjail | ||
🌵 m@bitpost [~ | 🌵 m@bitpost [~] sudo fail2ban-client start mdmjail | ||
Jail started | Jail started | ||
🌵 m@bitpost [~ | 🌵 m@bitpost [~] sudo fail2ban-client set mdmjail addlogpath /var/log/messages | ||
Current monitored log file(s): | Current monitored log file(s): | ||
`- /var/log/messages | `- /var/log/messages | ||
🌵 m@bitpost [~ | 🌵 m@bitpost [~]sudo fail2ban-client status | ||
Status | Status | ||
|- Number of jail: 1 | |- Number of jail: 1 | ||
`- Jail list: mdmjail | `- Jail list: mdmjail | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 16 November 2017
fail2ban watches log files for misbehavior, and creates firewall rules, to stop things like brute force ssh attempts.
It takes a few commands to get going though, and I guess it doesn't run as a normal service?
🌵 m@bitpost [~]sudo fail2ban-client add mdmjail Added jail mdmjail 🌵 m@bitpost [~] sudo fail2ban-client start mdmjail Jail started 🌵 m@bitpost [~] sudo fail2ban-client set mdmjail addlogpath /var/log/messages Current monitored log file(s): `- /var/log/messages 🌵 m@bitpost [~]sudo fail2ban-client status Status |- Number of jail: 1 `- Jail list: mdmjail