Difference between revisions of "Features"

Revision as of 17:48, 16 May 2006

Here is a list of the main features available in Fail2ban.

Highly configurable.
Parses log files and looks for given patterns.
Executes a command when a pattern has be detected for the same IP address for more than X times. X can be changed.
After a given amount of time, executes another command in order to unban the IP address.
Uses Netfilter/Iptables by default but can also use TCP Wrapper (/etc/hosts.deny) or others firewalls.
Handles log files rotation.
Can handle more than one service (sshd, apache, vsftpd, etc).
Resolves DNS hostname to IP address.
Can send e-mail notifications.
Runs as a daemon.
Multiple logging targets (syslog daemon, stdout, stderr, files).

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+== Current features ==
 Here is a list of the main features available in {{Fail2ban}}.
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 * Runs as a daemon.
 * Multiple logging targets (syslog daemon, stdout, stderr, files).
+== Roadmap ==
+=== 0.7.0 ===
+* Improve website
+* Client/server architecture
+* Multithreading
+* Better configuration files
+=== 0.7.1 ===
+* Documentation
+* Improve socket communication
+* Autodetect date format
+* Add support for wildcard in logfile
+=== 0.7.2 ===
+* Documentation
+* Add FAM/Gamin support
+* Improve test framework
+=== 0.8.0 ===
+* Migration tool from 0.6.x to 0.8.0
+* Documentation
+* Howtos
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