man fail2ban () - Ban IPs that make too many password failure
NAME
fail2ban - Ban IPs that make too many password failure
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.6.0 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
- -b
- start in background
- -d
- start in debug mode
- -c <FILE>
- read configuration file FILE
- -p <FILE>
- create PID lock in FILE
- -h
- display this help message
-i <IP(s)> IP(s) to ignore
- -k
- kill a currently running instance
-r <VALUE> allow a max of VALUE password failures [maxfailures]
- -t <TIME>
- ban IP for TIME seconds [bantime]
- -f <TIME>
- lifetime in seconds of failed entry [findtime]
-e <NAMEs> enable sections listed in NAMEs (coma or colon separated)
- -v
- verbose. Use twice for greater effect
- -V
- print software version
FILES
/etc/fail2ban.conf, /etc/default/fail2ban
AUTHOR
Original fail2ban by Cyril Jaquier <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>.
Modified and packaged for Debian by
- Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
Sponsored for Debian by
- Barak A. Pearlmutter <barak@cs.nuim.ie>.
REPORTING BUGS
Please report Debian related bugs via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/
Report bugs to <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier
Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).