Hello Jason, Thank you for your post.
I was unaware that OpenSSH was dropping support for tcpwrappers. Now I need to go and read up on this. Do you know, is this a firm thing? Or just a possible plan? I wonder if there is anything we can do as end users to help reverse this decision. Jerry On 04/26/14 11:08 AM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > So, with OpenSSH deciding to drop tcpwrappers support, there doesn't > appear to be too much future for denyhosts unless someone does the work > to make it either generate firewall rules or generate whatever sshd > configuration is needed to make use of its internal host matching > logic. (Though the latter really isn't preferable since it will reject > the connection much later in the negotiation process.) > > Doing the firewall thing basically leaves denyhosts in the same boat as > fail2ban, except that fail2ban does more than ssh, supports the systemd > journal on Linux distros that use it, and seems to be actively > developed. > > Due to this I will probably drop denyhosts from Fedora. I haven't been > the best maintainer in any case but there is no point in keeping the > software around if it doesn't do much of anything. > > - J< > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Denyhosts-user mailing list Denyhosts-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/denyhosts-user
