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fail2ban

brew install fail2ban v1.1.0_2 GPL-2.0-or-later

Scan log files and ban IPs showing malicious signs

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You must enable any jails by editing:
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf

Other configuration files are in $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/fail2ban. See more instructions at
https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/wiki/Proper-fail2ban-configuration.
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