Tag Archives: fail2ban

Fail2ban Problems and Solutions

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Andy Fragen

If you use Fail2ban then you are probably aware of the fact that you must add a rule number to the ipfw deny rule for actionban in ipfw.conf. If you don’t add a rule number then there is no way … Continue reading →

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Checking Fail2ban regex

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Andy Fragen

I’ve just stumbled across a great command in Fail2ban to check whether or not your filter will actually score a hit from your log file. From the command line. fail2ban-regex /path/to/logfile /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/myfilter.conf regex_to_ignore As an example. fail2ban-regex /var/log/secure.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/sshd.conf (myusername|myIPaddress) … Continue reading →

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Fail2ban and OS X Server, part deux

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Andy Fragen

As some of you might know I run my own installation of OS X Server. I’ve since updated it to Snow Leopard Server and I think I’ve got most of it running well. As I check my server logs frequently … Continue reading →

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Fail2ban on Leopard Server

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Andy Fragen

So here I am running my own server — for almost 2 years now. It’s been a real learning experience and I’ve tried to share. My latest add-on has been fail2ban. I got tired of looking into my logs and … Continue reading →

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