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Denyhosts vs GNU patch

A side-by-side look at Denyhosts and GNU patch. 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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GNU patch

GNU patch

Development

GNU patch is an open-source utility for applying patches to text files. It allows users to modify source code files by applying differences files, also known as patches, which contain the changes between two versions of a file.

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