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CrowdSec vs Denyhosts

A side-by-side look at CrowdSec and Denyhosts. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

CrowdSec

CrowdSec

Security & Privacy

CrowdSec is an open-source massively multiplayer firewall powered by crowd-sourced threat intelligence. It detects bad behaviors and blocks attacks in real-time by analyzing crowdsourced signal sharing.

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Denyhosts

Denyhosts

Security & Privacy

DenyHosts is an open-source program designed to help system administrators thwart SSH server attacks by blocking IP addresses using failed authentication attempts to detect attackers. It adds IP addresses to the system's /etc/hosts.deny file when it identifies too many failed SSH attempts.

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