Difference between revisions of "Requirements"

Revision as of 10:53, 19 December 2006

The only required dependency needed to run Fail2ban is Python. You need:

For both branches, Python 2.4 is recommended. It is developed using this version.

However, you will need some of these softwares depending on your needs and setup:

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-In order to run {{Fail2ban}}, you need:
+== Required ==
-* [http://www.python.org Python] >=2.3
+The only required dependency needed to run {{Fail2ban}} is [http://www.python.org Python]. You need:
-* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4py Log4py] (not needed with >=fail2ban-0.5.2)
-You may also need:
+* 0.7 branch
+** [http://www.python.org Python] >=2.4
+* 0.6 branch
+** [http://www.python.org Python] >=2.3
+For both branches, [http://www.python.org Python] 2.4 is recommended. It is developed using this version.
+== Optional ==
+However, you will need some of these softwares depending on your needs and setup:
 * [http://www.netfilter.org/ Netfilter/Iptables]
 * [http://www.shorewall.net/ Shorewall]
 * [ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/index.html TCP Wrapper]
+* a mailer script
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