DenyHosts is a log-based intrusion prevention security tool for SSH servers written in Python. It identifies brute force attacks and bans access using tcp_wrappers, and in recent versions iptables.
I have installed DenyHosts 2 days ago and I didn't added my IP to list of safe IPs. Today I connected my server but it struggled a bit and I had to terminate my application which I connect to server. After that I got banned from my own server. I can…
Last years i use perfect software denyhosts for analyze logs and deny access if some ip address have 3 or more unsuccess logins.
I like that, but problem is - too much CPU/memory consuption for my weak computers.
May be some software without…
On this link
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/block-ssh-attacks-with-denyhosts/
if you search following
grep 'from' /var/log/auth.log|cut -d ' ' –field=13 | uniq -c | sort -nr > ct-result.txt
the comment says to grep all the IPs and put them to…