denyhosts or fail2ban ?
should i use denyhosts or fail2ban to protect my servers ?
apparently denyhosts uses tcp wrappers and only protects ssh whereas fail2ban uses iptables and can check more ports but looking at ohloh both seem to be unchanged for 2+ years old and they both only have 12 users !
- www.ohloh.net/p/denyhosts
- www.ohloh.net/p/fail2ban
- http://www.linuxquestions.org/denyhosts-vs-fail2ban-aka-tcp_wrappers-vs-iptables-3036/
fail2ban
- http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/MANUAL_0_8
- http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ_english