Short answer: Jan-Pascal is a better person to answer this question, but he has put anti-malicious behaviour checks in place.
Somewhat longer answer: DenyHosts will allow you to set a check which basically says "Only block this host if N number of people have said we should." The variable in the DenyHosts configuration file is called "SYNC_DOWNLOAD_THRESHOLD ". In other words, if one malicious person spams random IP addresses into our database, that should not be a problem so long as SYNC_DOWNLOAD_THRESHOLD is set to higher than 1. I would recommend setting SYNC_DOWNLOAD_THRESHOLD to 3 or higher as it will protect you from multiple malicious people trying to poison our database. Jesse On 15/07/15 07:46 PM, Jean-Marc Spaggiari wrote: > Nice initiative. Thanks for doing that. > > Is ther any thing in place to avoid baf behaviors like people reporting > random IPs etc.? > > Like, how trustful will be this list? > > Le 2015-07-15 18:17, "Jesse Smith" <jessefrgsm...@yahoo.ca > <mailto:jessefrgsm...@yahoo.ca>> a écrit : > > The test server Jan-Pascal mentioned is now up and running. We're hoping > to see how well it holds up with a small group of users, so if you're > interested, please edit your DenyHosts configuration files and set the > SYNC_SERVER to http://deny.resonatingmedia.com:9911 > > Assuming the trial goes well, we will leave the sync server running and > announce it more publicly. > > A big "Thank You!" to Jan-Pascal for writing the server-side code and > putting so much work into helping us test it and improve both client > side and server side. > > Jesse > > > > > On 15/07/15 06:47 PM, Robert T Wyatt wrote: > > THANK YOU! > > > > --Robert Wyatt > > Austin, TX > > > > > > Jan-Pascal van Best wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> For several years now users of DenyHosts have been asking for an open > >> source synchronization server, a central hub that would allow > DenyHosts > >> to coordinate and share malicious IP addresses. This has gotten more > >> urgent due to a number of serious flaws in the current > synchronization > >> server[1] and the lack of response from the original DenyHosts > developer. > >> > >> I've created, in full cooperation with the current DenyHosts > >> developers[2], an open source (AGPLv3) synchronization server > [3]. The > >> server has been working well in our initial tests and since it > has just > >> reached release 1.0 we will shortly invite a wider group of people to > >> use the new server. Initially there will be fewer reports from > the new > >> sync server than you now receive from the legacy server, but we are > >> convinced that the quality of the synchronization algorithm is higher > >> and that, once enough people connect to the new server, it will > better > >> serve the denyhosts community. Once created, the address of the > new sync > >> server will we announced at http://denyhost.sourceforge.net/news.php. > >> > >> I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the > new sync > >> server and the circumstances that led to its development. > >> > >> Kind regards > >> > >> Jan-Pascal > >> > >> > >> [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/denyhosts/bugs/53/ > >> [2] https://github.com/denyhosts/denyhosts/issues/35 > >> [3] https://github.com/janpascal/denyhosts_sync > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. > >> GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that > >> you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. > >> Configured For All Businesses. 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