Fail2ban
Powerful intrusion prevention tool to ban malicious login attempts
At a glance
- Primary use case
- Powerful intrusion prevention tool to ban malicious login attempts
- Best for
- Web Application Firewall — Monitoring, Security
- Stack
- Linux, python, Shell
- License
- NOASSERTION
- Maintenance
- 6 days ago
- Access
- Open source · Self-hosted
- Documentation path
- https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/wiki
About this tool
Fail2ban is a security tool that scans system logs for failed authentication attempts and automatically bans malicious hosts via firewall rules. It supports popular services like SSH and Apache while offering full IPv6 compatibility.
Repository
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NOASSERTION
6 days ago
Features
- Scans log files to detect and react to repeated failed login attempts.
- Modifies firewall rules dynamically to block suspicious IP addresses.
- Provides out of the box support for common services like SSH and Apache.
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