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Denyhosts vs DiffNow

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

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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DiffNow

DiffNow

Development

DiffNow is a free online diff tool that allows users to compare two text files or documents side by side. It highlights the differences between the texts to make it easy to see what has changed.

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