DenyHosts

DenyHosts Install DenyHosts from Sourceforge rpm download or tar.gz i.e.: rpm -Uvh Deny*.rpm copy /usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg-dist to /usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg Edit the options in denyhosts.cfg i.e. admin email etc.... Add denyhosts to init.d for automatic startup and shutdown: copy daemon-control-dist to /etc/init.d/name-of-your-choice chkconfig --levels 345 name-of-your-choice on To start the daemon: service daemon-control-dist start # to start the daemon which will monitor, notify, and update hosts.deny file