From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 3 12:49:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 190471065676 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:49:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.221.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C67698FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:49:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk11 with SMTP id 11so2778458qyk.13 for ; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:49:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XJnBAGtuE0Awvkenoc87bYHm8QKNzQmiTuyCqy5EAKI=; b=sAuTokEXMm633mcmd5WcANUMiOrnzRER7b9hwr1BKLQTkLJy6VjbawrrXSEXVYbMi5 dQ0CUaEu4v0T7szLJMB56qgdgZ8W9W8AGQATQgXcq73pCylTOyhlnS2HmO1s8utWMvwJ 75Yy3N3Lcgc0/5+OATgMRA7mBxwphAsSTLOxY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=MoLGRJv6Qnl0wNC4Ec7FsoQQ+CI+2f63BkdE9EpxEzOnAxjuZcPGRdEgE3C8XJYBkM AEaf6h56KRKFZeFxLGk1uSnGDSJ7i5j7RzkQLhGYl8ww/OkyRzFcXXFfGxeAFGJ1+ttK 3oFsuJpl7j9yKZCIVii7ty18vjKvpviFlM8As= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.82.14 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Apr 2010 05:49:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 06:49:33 -0600 Received: by 10.229.190.133 with SMTP id di5mr3349551qcb.23.1270298973453; Sat, 03 Apr 2010 05:49:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: carmel_ny@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: IPFW and Fail2Ban X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:49:35 -0000 On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Carmel NY wrote: > I am having an exceedingly hard time finding documentation on Fail2Ban > on FreeBSD. In fact, documentation on Fail2Ban seems rather sparse to > begin with. > > In any case, does Fail2Ban work with the IPFW firewall on FreeBSD? Does > it do it natively, or does it require a special configuration? > > I presently have 'denyhost' up and running. If I get Fail2Ban working > correctly, I assume I can remove 'denyhost'. Again, I am assuming that > the two program would interact badly with each other. > I don't know anything about fail2ban so can't help you there. Is there something wrong with denyhosts? -- Adam Vande More