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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:24:29 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:24:29 -0400 |
| commit | ad121e01c4e385fee5ab03d13ad93d269ab722b8 (patch) | |
| tree | a63914a85db69e3ced88b25bf9802d75d0b25982 /network/sshguard/README | |
| parent | e882444c056bd73626fc1d09edf22c6e3f571eb8 (diff) | |
network/sshguard: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/network/sshguard/README b/network/sshguard/README index e20330a6c768c..9e31763a3282e 100644 --- a/network/sshguard/README +++ b/network/sshguard/README @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ -SSHGuard protects hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and other services. -It has been written entirely in C and has no external dependencies and no -configuration file. SSHGuard aggregates system logs and blocks repeat offenders. -It can read log messages from standard input (suitable for piping from syslog) -or monitor one or more log files. Log messages are parsed, line-by-line, for -recognized patterns. If an attack, such as several login failures within a few -seconds, is detected, the offending IP is blocked. Offenders are unblocked after -a set interval, but can be semi-permanently banned using the blacklist option. +SSHGuard protects hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and +other services. It has been written entirely in C and has no external +dependencies and no configuration file. SSHGuard aggregates system +logs and blocks repeat offenders. It can read log messages from +standard input (suitable for piping from syslog) or monitor one or +more log files. Log messages are parsed, line-by-line, for recognized +patterns. If an attack, such as several login failures within a few +seconds, is detected, the offending IP is blocked. Offenders are +unblocked after a set interval, but can be semi-permanently banned +using the blacklist option. IMPORTANT: -You will need to properly set up "sshguard" chain in iptables. For further -information PLEASE CONSULT MAN PAGE, installed together with this package. -The information available on the website tends to be outdated, (it is well -worth reading anyway). + +You will need to properly set up "sshguard" chain in iptables. For +further information PLEASE CONSULT MAN PAGE, installed together with +this package. The information available on the website tends to be +outdated, (it is well worth reading anyway). |