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authorRyan Yoosefi <ryan.yoosefi@gmail.com>2015-09-25 02:23:08 -0700
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## Fail2Ban: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
-Fail2Ban scans log files like `/var/log/auth.log` and bans IP addresses
-having too many failed login attempts.
-It does this by updating system firewall rules to reject new connections
-from those IP addresses, for a configurable amount of time.
-Fail2Ban comes out-of-the-box ready to read many standard log files, such as those
-for sshd and Apache, and is easy to configure to read any log file you choose, for
-any error you choose.
-
-Though Fail2Ban is able to reduce the rate of incorrect authentications attempts,
-it cannot eliminate the risk that weak authentication presents.
+Fail2Ban scans log files like `/var/log/auth.log` and bans IP addresses having
+too many failed login attempts. It does this by updating system firewall rules
+to reject new connections from those IP addresses, for a configurable amount
+of time. Fail2Ban comes out-of-the-box ready to read many standard log files,
+such as those for sshd and Apache, and is easy to configure to read any log
+file you choose, for any error you choose.
+
+Though Fail2Ban is able to reduce the rate of incorrect authentications
+attempts, it cannot eliminate the risk that weak authentication presents.
Configure services to use only two factor or public/private authentication
mechanisms if you really want to protect services.