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fail2ban is great for reducing clutter in logs. When I'm trying to debug something using auth.log I don't want to sift through 800 attempts by some IP to SSH in
by dingaling 2y ago
fail2ban is great for reducing clutter in logs. When I'm trying to debug something using auth.log I don't want to sift through 800 attempts by some IP to SSH in as root.
It gives just enough info about the origin and nature of attempted intruders without overwhelming detail.