Bug#337052: ITP: denyhosts -- script to block SSH brute-force dictionary attacks

[Andrew Lau]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andrew Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

* Package name: denyhosts
  Version : 1.1.2
  Upstream Author : Phil Schwartz

* URL : http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/
* License : GPL
  Description : script to block SSH brute-force dictionary attacks

DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks by
adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. DenyHosts will also inform Linux
administrators about offending hosts, attacked users and suspicious
logins.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

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Re: Bug#337052: ITP: denyhosts -- script to block SSH brute-force dictionary attacks

[Don Armstrong]

On Wed, 02 Nov 2005, Andrew Lau wrote:
> DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks
> by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. DenyHosts will also inform
> Linux administrators about offending hosts, attacked users and
> suspicious logins.

Some discussion/comparison as to how denyhosts differs from fail2ban
may be usefull. [fail2ban being another python script that basically
fills a similar niche.]


Don Armstrong

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