[asterisk-users] asterisk and fail2ban

[Joe Greco]

> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:20:23 -0400, vip killa <vipkilla at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >Is anyone using asterisk with fail2ban?
> 
> Sorry for hi-jacking the thread, but I was wondering if there were a
> lighter alternative that I could run on appliances?
> 
> Python uses too much RAM, but I need to find a way to ban hackers from
> trying to connect to Asterisk from the Net.

I had worked with the sshguard guys to add support for Asterisk; I
believe they added basic support.  I haven't gotten around to revisiting
that issue just yet so I don't know for sure.

http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2010-December/256928.html

sshguard is *extremely* lightweight compared to most things; it's a very
efficient compiled C application that doesn't have (m?)any dependencies.

... JG
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