>> Fail2ban keeps up blacklists of ip:s that have failed authentication too >> many times. What is "too many", and the duration of blacklisting can be >> configured easily in /etc/fail2ban.conf. Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> escribio (20.8.2008 22:55) > The installation is easy, but the configuration looks daunting. There's a > bunch of "jails" and it looks like I need to study fail2ban's model to > understand what those do. What do you mean by "jail"? I didn't find that word in my fail2ban.conf (dated "2005.06.21"). I needed to change the default conf only very slightly (mainly time constants, on/off switches for tasks, and or log file paths). - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. & fax +358 9 493 981 * SMS +358 40 771 2098 jussi.hirvi at greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi