On 12 Apr 2013, at 00:34, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Still working with through issues with a system I'm building and was > wondering if anyone has had experience with fail2ban. Specifically I would > like to rate limit failed SIP login attempts, but not necessarily ban > them. It seems like a lot of PBX in a box type solutions use fail2ban, > with no really clear explanation of how or why it's being used. > > Can anyone elaborate on this and whether or not this tool is the correct > choice if all I want to do is rate limit failed attempts on SIP? Also does > this need iptables to function, or can it work standalone. > On the topic of blocking connections, another similar tool that I have used with success is denyhosts ( http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ ). I have never used it for SIP connections specifically though. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
