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I thought Fail2Ban hooked directly into iptables? How would you get locked out or overloaded? I don't necessarily think Fail2Ban needed a GUI, but I guess I ne
by ChikkaChiChi 12y ago
I thought Fail2Ban hooked directly into iptables? How would you get locked out or overloaded?
I don't necessarily think Fail2Ban needed a GUI, but I guess I never thought it was a "bad" thing?
- akerl_ 12y agoIt uses iptables, but it detects things to block by reading log files, and it's not exactly efficient in doing so. As such, if an attacker can pump lines in (like by having their botnet SSH to your system), they can get it to spin a core.
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