Install and Configure Fail2Ban On CentOS 7
Install Fail2Ban On CentOS 7 Posted on December 13, 2019 by David Singer What Is Fail2Ban? Fail2ban is an open-source software that actively scans the servers log files in real-time for any brute force login attempts, and if found, summarily blocks the attack using the servers firewall software (firewalld or iptables). Fail2Ban runs as a background process and continuously scans the log files for unusual login patterns and security breach attempts. Installation In order to install Fail2Ban on CentOS 7, we first need to enable the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository.
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