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Diffstat (limited to 'security/sshguard/pkg-descr')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/sshguard/pkg-descr b/security/sshguard/pkg-descr index 6b077a154aba..e10cb4081a63 100644 --- a/security/sshguard/pkg-descr +++ b/security/sshguard/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -Sshguard monitors ssh servers from their logging activity. It reacts to messages +Sshguard monitors services from their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. -Sshguard can operate all the major firewalling systems: -* PF (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD) -* netfilter/iptables (Linux) -* IPFIREWALL/ipfw (FreeBSD, Mac OS X) +Sshguard employs a clever parser that can recognize several logging formats at +once transparently (syslog, syslog-ng, metalog, multilog, raw messages), and +detects attacks for many services out of the box, including SSH, FreeBSD's +ftpd and dovecot. It can operate all the major firewalling systems, including +PF, netfilter/iptables, IPFIREWALL/ipfw, IPFILTER. -Sshguard is reliable, easy to set up and demands very few resources to the -system. +Sshguard has several relevant features like support for IPv6, whitelisting, +suspension, log message authentication. It is reliable, easy to set up and +demands very few resources to the system. WWW: http://sshguard.sourceforge.net |