Denyhosts vs Fail2ban
A side-by-side look at Denyhosts and Fail2ban. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
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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Fail2ban
Security & Privacy
Fail2ban is an open source intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks by banning IP addresses that attempt too many login failures.
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