Fail2ban on a Mac
Bans IPs after suspicious activity (intrusion prevention) · Security Tools
Fail2ban scans log files and bans IPs that show malicious signs (too many failed logins). Configure jails in jail.local. Managed in the Security pane (Intrusion Prevention); install, reload, create a starter jail.local, and watch bans. Primarily a Linux tool; on macOS it can watch service logs.
Run Fail2ban with FrontierStack
Install or connect Fail2ban; then check its status, ports and certificate from FrontierStack. The same screen links to firewall checks, Malware Audit and backups where they apply.
Run it from your Mac.
FrontierStack installs, monitors and secures services on this Mac and on linked servers.
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