Public bug reported: Major upstream denyhosts version 3.1 released 1 year ago (2015-09), please update Ubuntu packages.
I'm pasting few lines from https://github.com/denyhosts/denyhosts/blob/master/CHANGELOG.txt 3.1 Fixed a type check in DenyHosts/report.py which was causing problems when moving between Python2 and Python3. Added checks to see if an IP address is valid. This pulls in the requirement for the ipaddr Python module. Added check to see if there is a break-in attempt against the Dovecot imap service. This is an option which can be enabled/disabled in the configuration file. It is turned off by default. 3.0 Initial translation of code from Python 2 to Python 3. DenyHosts can now be run as either a Python 2 or a Python 3 program. Added patch from Fedora to fix initial sync issue and insure info logging stream is active. (Provided by Jason Tibbitts.) Added "import logging" to denyhosts.py to avoid errors when setting up logging. (See above change.) Added option PF_TABLE_FILE to the configuration file. When this option is enabled it causes DenyHosts to write blocked IP addresses to a text file. The default location is /etc/blacklist. This text file should correspond to a PF firewall table. At start-up, try to create the file specified by HOSTS_DENY. That way we avoid errors later if the file does not exists. Can be a problem on operating systems where /etc/hosts.deny does not exist in the default configuration. Added regex pattern to detect invalid user accounts. This blocks connections from remote hosts who are attempting to login with accounts not found on the local system. While these connections to non-existent accounts are relatively harmless, they are usually used as part of a brute force attack and filtering them before they reach OpenSSH is a good idea. For more info look at https://github.com/denyhosts/denyhosts/releases Btw, master branch at https://github.com/denyhosts/denyhosts has 25 commits since 3.1 release, maybe it's wise to package latest code instead of 3.1 release? Thanks, Mantas -- Prekyba kompiuteriais su Linux OS - http://tinklas.eu/prekyba Naudokite laisvą Linux operacinę sistemą savo kompiuteryje - http://baltix.lt ** Affects: denyhosts (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613532 Title: Major upstream version 3.1 released 1 year ago (2015-09) - Python 3 port, security fixes and other improvements! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/denyhosts/+bug/1613532/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
