Fedora 8 Update: fail2ban-0.8.1-11.fc8
updates at fedoraproject.org
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Thu Mar 13 07:44:32 UTC 2008
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1678
2008-03-13 05:53:00
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Name : fail2ban
Product : Fedora 8
Version : 0.8.1
Release : 11.fc8
URL : http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Ban IPs that make too many password failures
Description :
Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or
/var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes too many password
failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.
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Update Information:
This update moves the socket file out of /tmp to /var/run to comply with
standards and selinux policies.
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Jan 31 2008 Jonathan G. Underwood <jonathan.underwood at gmail.com> - 0.8.1-11
- Move socket file from /tmp to /var/run to prevent SElinux from stopping
fail2ban from starting (BZ #429281)
- Change logic in init file to start with -x to remove the socket file in case
of unclean shutdown
- Remove unecessary requires of tcpwrappers and shorewall (BZ #244275)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #429281 - SElinux preventing fail2ban from starting
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429281
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update fail2ban' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
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