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| author | Tim Dickson <dickson.tim@googlemail.com> | 2019-06-01 07:03:30 +0700 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2019-06-01 07:03:30 +0700 |
| commit | b67daffb8a737cd84bf85e7f56f8428462eb3455 (patch) | |
| tree | 32aa131d0ef61639e8bbacb493ddf979b2db04a7 /network/DenyHosts/README | |
| parent | 1258b2a26f897674fa480b94ea78e19110900ea4 (diff) | |
network/DenyHosts: Updated for version 3.1 + new maintainer.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'network/DenyHosts/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | network/DenyHosts/README | 23 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/network/DenyHosts/README b/network/DenyHosts/README index 823f2b3e1637..cec8931d9c7d 100644 --- a/network/DenyHosts/README +++ b/network/DenyHosts/README @@ -1,4 +1,21 @@ 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. +by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. It will also block them via +iptables. DenyHosts will also inform Linux administrators about +offending hosts, attacked users, and suspicious logins. + +Note: the main config file is moved to /etc/denyhosts.conf for +versions greater than 2.6 +Noote: ipaddr-py is a new dependency +DenyHosts has been updated to work with python3 as well as 2, but +will use whichever version is pointed to by /usr/bin/python + +to run at start-up, add + +# start Denyhosts +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.denyhosts ]; then + echo "Starting Denyhosts:" + /etc/rc.d/rc.denyhosts start +fi + +to /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2 just after where sshd is run +and make /etc/rc.d/rc.denyhosts executable. |