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SSHGuard
sshguard protects hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and other
services. It aggregates system logs and blocks repeat offenders using one of
several firewall backends.
- Website: https://www.sshguard.net/
- Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/sshguard/sshguard/
Installation
See <INSTALL.rst>_ for dependencies and detailed instructions. Briefly:
If you are building from Git, run this first::
autoreconf -i
Then, build it like a normal source distribution::
./configure
make && make install
Usage
Copy the sample configuration file <examples/sshguard.conf.sample>_ and
follow the setup instructions in sshguard-setup(7) <doc/sshguard-setup.7.rst>. See sshguard(8) <doc/sshguard.8.rst> for
additional options.
Troubleshooting
See the "Troubleshooting" section in sshguard-setup(7) <doc/sshguard-setup.7.rst>_.
Contributing
See <CONTRIBUTING.rst>_.
License
sshguard is available under the terms of the OpenBSD license <http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/share/misc/license.template?rev=HEAD>,
which is based on the ISC License. See <COPYING> for details.
Authors