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* <SMALL >Fail2Ban (version 0.8.4) 2009/09/07</SMALL >

[[Fail2Ban]] scans [[log file]]s like [file:///var/log/pwdfail pwdfail] and bans [[IP address]]es that make too many password failures.&emsp; It updates [[firewall]] rules to reject the [[IP address]].&emsp; These rules can be defined by the user.&emsp; [[Fail2Ban]] can read multiple [[log file]]s such as [[sshd]] or [[Apache Web server]] ones.  This [[README]] is a quick introduction to [[Fail2Ban]].&emsp; More documentation, FAQ, HOWTOs are available on the [http://www.fail2ban.org/ project website]. 

== Installation ==
; Required: 
: [http://www.python.org/ python] ≥ 2.3 
; Optional: 
: [http://people.gnome.org/~veillard/gamin/ gamin] ≥ 0.0.21

To install, just do: 
 tar xvfj fail2ban-0.8.5.tar.bz2
 cd fail2ban-0.8.5
 python setup.py install

This will install [file:///usr/share/fail2ban Fail2Ban]. The executable scripts are placed into file:///usr/bin. 

* It is possible that [[Fail2Ban]] is already packaged for your distribution. In this case, you should use it. 

[[Fail2Ban]] should be correctly installed now. Just type: 
 fail2ban-client -h

to see if everything is all right.&emsp; You should always use <TT >fail2ban-client</TT > and never call <TT >fail2ban-server</TT > directly. 

== Configuration ==
You can configure [[Fail2Ban]] using the [file:///etc/fail2ban configuration files].&emsp; It is possible to configure the server using commands sent to it by <TT >fail2ban-client</TT >.&emsp; The available commands are described in the [man:/fail2ban-client manual page].&emsp; Please refer to it or to the website. 

== Contact ==
If you need some new features, you found bugs or you just appreciate this program, you can contact me at: 
* [http://www.fail2ban.org/ The Website]
* [mailto:Cyril%20Jaquier%20%3Ccyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org%3E Cyril Jaquier]
 
== Thanks ==
'''Kévin Drapel''', '''Marvin Rouge''', '''Sireyessire''', '''Robert Edeker''', '''Tom Pike''', '''Iain Lea''', '''Andrey G. Grozin''', '''Yaroslav Halchenko''', '''Jonathan Kamens''', '''Stephen Gildea''', '''Markus Hoffmann''', '''Mark Edgington''', '''Patrick Börjesson''', '''kojiro''', '''zugeschmiert''', '''Tyler''', '''Nick Munger''', '''Christoph Haas''', '''Justin Shore''', '''Joël Bertrand''', '''René Berber''', '''mEDI''', '''Axel Thimm''', 
'''Eric Gerbier''', 
'''Christian Rauch''', '''Michael C.&nbsp;Haller''', '''Jonathan Underwood''', '''Hanno ‘Rince’ Wagner''', 
'''Daniel B.&nbsp;Cid''', '''David Nutter''', '''Raphaël Marichez''', '''Guillaume Delvit''', '''Vaclav Misek''', 
'''Adrien Clerc''', '''Michael Hanselmann''', '''Vincent Deffontaines''', '''Bill Heaton''', '''Russell Odom''', '''Christos Psonis''', '''Arturo ‘Buanzo’ Busleiman''' and many others. 

== License ==
<SMALL >[[Fail2Ban]] is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</SMALL > 

<SMALL >Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the [[COPYING|GNU General Public License]] for more details.</SMALL > 

<SMALL >You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with [[Fail2Ban]]; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59&nbsp;Temple Place, Suite&nbsp;330, Boston, MA 02111&ndash;1307 USA</SMALL >