| Rich Freeman on 17 Aug 2018 17:08:43 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Linux tip: Log IP addresses, not hostnames, for use by fail2ban... |
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 7:38 PM Rachel plays Linux <rachelneko@gmail.com> wrote: > > Maintaining a home firewall and a commercial server are way different. At work I can't simply ban by county, though I can block some entire ISPs. > > At home I lock out damn near everything > While it doesn't hurt to block CN from home, I don't run fail2ban. If having 3 attempts vs having 3 trillion attempts at my service makes any difference at all, then my service is broken. Sure, blocking might help protect against zero days. I doubt fail2ban will. -- Rich ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug