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From: lee <lee@××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ...
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:42:11
Message-Id: 87wq4ng4ym.fsf@heimdali.yagibdah.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fail2ban: You have to create an init script for each container ... by Rich Freeman
1 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> writes:
2
3 > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 1:47 PM, lee <lee@××××××××.de> wrote:
4 >>
5 >> Same here, so why does fail2ban get involved with containers?
6 >>
7 >
8 > Seems like there are three options here.
9 > 1. Run fail2ban on the host and have it look into the containers,
10 > monitor their logs, and add host iptables rules to block connections.
11
12 That's what I'm trying.
13
14 > 2. Run fail2ban in each container and have it monitor its own logs,
15 > and then add host iptables rules to block connections.
16
17 Containers must not be able to change the firewalling rules of the host.
18 If they can do such things, what's the point of having containers?
19
20 > 3. Run fail2ban in each container and have each container in its own
21 > network namespace. Fail2ban can then add container iptables rules to
22 > block connections.
23
24 That would waste resources.
25
26 > I actually gave up on fail2ban after a bunch of issues. The only
27 > place I get brute force attacks right now is ssh, and I'm using the
28 > Google authenticator plugin. I just ignore the thousands of failed
29 > ssh authentication attempts...
30
31 Hm, it's not working at all? It doesn't seem to do anything here ...
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34 --
35 Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons
36 might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable.

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