Authfail 1.1.4 review

Authfail is a program that goes with real time updating on FIFO file and adds IP into netfilter with DROP/REJECT policy in real time

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 23K Developer: Bartek Krajnik

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Authfail is a program that goes with real time updating on FIFO file and adds IP into netfilter with DROP/REJECT policy in real time. The FIFO file is /dev/authfail. The rejected hosts database is located in /var/log/authfail.

Each time a given host will do an "authentication failure" via syslog, authfail will count it. If this occure more than the parameters given to authfail, the given host will be REJECTED/DROPPED via Netfilter. Whois notification is possible.

authfail may be configured using the /etc/authfail.conf file.

The program is written under the GNU GPL Public License.

What's New in This Release:
Whois lookup and email notifications were implemented.