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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Fail2Ban vs SSHGuard? Comparison? What's the difference?
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:06:23
Message-Id: 37C07607-857C-474D-B878-D9A2932318D9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
1 Is anyone familiar enough with this subject to make a comparison between these two programs, please?
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3 If I google Fail2Ban vs SSHGuard I get many hits saying "I use this one", but no-one saying why one might be better than the other.
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5 So far I'm favouring SSHGuard, but mostly because the website looks prettier.
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7 I want to be able to use passwords, so allowing logons only by public-key is no good (also would be nice to block failed IMAP connection attempts).
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9 Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
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11 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Fail2Ban vs SSHGuard? Comparison? What's the difference? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>