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Automated host blocking from SSH brute force attacks
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DenyHosts

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DenyHosts is a utility developed by Phil Schwartz and maintained by a

number of developers which aims to thwart sshd (ssh server) brute force attacks.



Please refer to https://github.com/denyhosts/denyhosts for more information.



Installation

============



Requirements

------------



The DenyHosts software depends on the "ipaddr" Python module,

which is available in most Linux and BSD repositories.



Source Distribution

-------------------



If you downloaded the source distribution file (DenyHosts-#.#-tar.gz)

then:



    $ tar zxvf DenyHosts-3.1.tar.gz 



    $ cd denyhosts



as root:



    # python setup.py install



This will install the DenyHosts modules into python's site-packages

directory.



Binary Distribution (rpm, deb, etc)

-----------------------------------



It is assumed that you are familiar with installing a binary package

on your particular operating system. If you are unsure how to do

this, you may wish to install from source instead.



All Distributions

-----------------



DenyHosts requires that a configuration file be created before

it can function.  The sample configuration file denyhosts.conf

contains most of the possible settings and should be copied and

then edited as such:



    # cp denyhosts.conf /etc



    # nano /etc/denyhosts.conf



(nano is a simple text editor. Feel free to use your own favourite

text editor such as emacs, vi, etc)



The sample configuration file contains informational comments that

should help you quickly configure DenyHosts.  After you have

edited your configuration file, save it.



Next, if you intend to run DenyHosts in daemon mode (recommended)

copy the sample daemon-control.dist script as such:



    # cp daemon-control-dist daemon-control



Edit the daemon-control file.  You should only need to edit this section

near the top:



    ###############################################

    #### Edit these to suit your configuration ####

    ###############################################



    DENYHOSTS_BIN   = "/usr/bin/denyhosts.py"

    DENYHOSTS_LOCK  = "/var/lock/subsys/denyhosts"

    DENYHOSTS_CFG   = "/etc/denyhosts.conf"



These defaults should be reasonable for many systems.  You

should customize these settings to match your particular

system.



Once you have edited the configuration and daemon control files

make sure that the daemon control script it executable (by root).



    # chown root daemon-control



    # chmod 700 daemon-control



Starting DenyHosts Manually

===========================



Assuming you have configured DenyHosts to run as a daemon, you

can use the daemon-control script to control it:



    # daemon-control start



You should refer to the daemon log (typically /var/log/denyhosts)

to ensure that DenyHosts is running successfully.  If you

notice any problems you may wish to consult the FAQ at

http://www.denyhosts.net/faq.html



If you wish to run DenyHosts from cron rather than as a

daemon, please refer to the FAQ.



Another way to start DenyHosts manually is to run it from the command

line, usually supply a few common parameters. Usually, when running

DenyHosts from the command line (or from the /etc/rc.local script) we

can launch the program by running



     # python /usr/local/bin/denyhosts --config /etc/denyhosts.conf --daemon



The above command launches DenyHosts and runs it in the background. DenyHosts

will use the /etc/denyhosts.conf configuration file to dictate its behavour.



Starting DenyHosts Automatically

================================



Method 1 (preferred)

--------------------



Create a symbolic link from /etc/init.d such as:



    # cd /etc/init.d

    # ln -s /usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control denyhosts



If you have chkconfig installed you can then use it to

ensure that DenyHosts runs at boot time:



    # chkconfig --add denyhosts



If you do not have chkconfig (or similar) installed you can either manually

create the symlinks in /etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3.d, /etc/rc5.d but that is beyond

the scope of this document.



Method 2

--------



Add an entry into the /etc/rc.local file:



    /usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control start