Fail2ban vs Denyhosts vs Iptables

wpspeedster · Jan 8, 2017

The problem is that I am still getting logs that showing IP addresses trying to login and connect to SSH. I need a firewall to stop these. Reading that Fail2ban, Denyhosts and Iptables are best choices for this but not sure which is the best. What are your suggestions and how do people on Forum Web Hosting handle this problem?

EcommIndiaCloudIT · Jan 8, 2017

CSF is the best solution and we can recommend. Simple, lightweight and does its job pretty darn well. It also has integration with all major control panels, if not, you can still set it up it through CLI.

LJSHost · Jan 8, 2017

Most of these programs are just a font end for IPtables (this is the firewall)

I would go with CSF https://configserver.com/cp/csf.html easy to setup and provides a simple rules management tool. If you have WHM on your server you could just enable cPHulk with a couple of clicks which is also a decent firewall solution.

GswHosting · Jan 8, 2017

You can change ssh port from 22 to any you want. What do you have now firewall or iptables ?
Just make sure that you allow ssh connetion trought that port.

Malware.Expert · Jun 26, 2018

Use firewall, Change your SSH port something else than port 22. Also use only SSH Login keys and Disable password authentication.

mobin · Jun 28, 2018

I like CSF and Fail2Ban. But that will not help if you install a firewall and leave SSH port open. So you need to change SSH port, restrict SSH access from certain IPs if possible, disable password AUTH is possible, disable direct root and finally configure the firewall to protect brute-force against SSH.

Fail2ban vs Denyhosts vs Iptables

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