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== Roadmap ==
 
== Roadmap ==
  
Here is the planned roadmap. If you want to contribute and help on one of these features, please contact the [[User:lostcontrol|author]].
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Here is the planned roadmap. If you want to contribute or help on one of these features, please contact the [[User:lostcontrol|author]].
  
 
=== 0.7.0 ===
 
=== 0.7.0 ===
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* [[FEATURE Split config|Better configuration files]] [[Image:okay.gif|done]]
 
* [[FEATURE Split config|Better configuration files]] [[Image:okay.gif|done]]
  
=== 0.7.1 ===
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=== 0.7.2 ===
  
 
* Documentation
 
* Documentation
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** Check command [[Image:okay.gif|done]]
 
** Check command [[Image:okay.gif|done]]
 
* Improve socket communication
 
* Improve socket communication
* Autodetect date format
 
 
* Add support for wildcard in logfile
 
* Add support for wildcard in logfile
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* Improve client (output, interactive mode, etc) [[Image:okay.gif|done]]
  
=== 0.7.2 ===
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=== 0.7.3 ===
  
 
* Documentation
 
* Documentation
* Improve client
 
 
* Add FAM/Gamin support
 
* Add FAM/Gamin support
 
* Improve test framework
 
* Improve test framework
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* Autodetect date format
  
 
=== 0.8.0 ===
 
=== 0.8.0 ===

Revision as of 14:11, 4 September 2006

Current features

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).

Roadmap

Here is the planned roadmap. If you want to contribute or help on one of these features, please contact the author.

0.7.0

  • Improve website
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  • Migrate from CVS to Subversion
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  • Client/server architecture
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  • Multithreading
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  • Better configuration files
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0.7.2

  • Documentation
  • Add missing features of 0.6.x
    • Mail notification
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    • Check command
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  • Improve socket communication
  • Add support for wildcard in logfile
  • Improve client (output, interactive mode, etc)
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0.7.3

  • Documentation
  • Add FAM/Gamin support
  • Improve test framework
  • Autodetect date format

0.8.0

  • Migration tool from 0.6.x to 0.8.0
  • Documentation
  • Howtos