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bruteblock(8) System Manager's Manual bruteblock(8) NAME bruteblock -- utility to block bruteforce attacks SYNOPSIS bruteblock [-f configfile] [-h] bruteblockd -t table [-s sleep] [-p pidfile] [-f] [-h] DESCRIPTION Bruteblock allows system administrators to block various bruteforce at- tacks on UNIX services. The program analyzes system logs and adds at- tacker's IP address into ipfw2 table effectively blocking them. Ad- dresses are automatically removed from the table after specified amount of time. Bruteblock uses regular expressions to parse logs, which pro- vides flexibility allowing it to be used with almost any network ser- vice. Bruteblock is written in pure C, doesn't use any external pro- grams and work with ipfw2 tables via raw sockets API. Bruteblock consists of two binaries: bruteblock and bruteblockd. bruteblock bruteblock is intended to be used in /etc/syslog.conf to pipe logs into. It does log analysis and adds attacker IP's into ipfw2 table. Along with address and mask, every entry in ipfw2 table has value field, which is used by bruteblock to store expiration time as 32 bit UNIX timestamp. The following command line options are available for bruteblock: -f configfile Specify path to config file -h Display help bruteblockd bruteblock is a daemon, which checks ipfw2 table periodically and re- moves expired entries. The following command line options are available for bruteblockd: -t table Specify numer of ipfw2 table -s sleep Specify table check interval -p pidfile Specify location of the pid file -f Run the daemon in the foreground (do not daemonize) -h Display help Such design allows to avoid any IPC use and to store entries for dif- ferent services in one table. Also makes it is easy for the administra- tor to get list of currently blocked addresses and edit the list if needed so. CONFIGURATION FILE Configuration file for bruteblock utility allows you to set following values: regexp regular expression in perl-compatible format that is used to extract failed password attempts from log files. max_count, within_time defines time interval and maximum number of failed password at- tempts during that interval. If the number is exceeded by spe- cific IP, that IP is blocked. reset_ip time-to-live of table entry. When it expires, address is re- moved from the table, thus being unblocked. ipfw2_table_no number of ipfw2 table to add bad IPs to. Must match -t parame- ter of bruteblockd. EXAMPLE (SSH) First, you need to establish log processing to determine attacker's IPs and add them to ipfw2 table. Edit /etc/syslog.conf and add the follow- ing entry: auth.info;authpriv.info | exec /usr/local/sbin/bruteblock -f /usr/local/etc/bruteblock/ssh.conf then restart syslogd. Next, you'll want to setup periodical cleanup of ipfw2 table. Add fol- lowing lines to /etc/rc.conf: bruteblockd_enable="YES" bruteblockd_table="1" bruteblockd_flags="-s 5" don't forget to change table number and sleep interval to match your needs. Now launch bruteblockd: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/bruteblockd.sh start Finally, setup your ipfw to block addresses contained in the table: ipfw add 100 deny ip from me to table\(1\) ipfw add 100 deny ip from table\(1\) to me you may want to add these lines to you /etc/rc.firewall. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Bruteblock requires FreeBSD 5.3 and above (tested on FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.1) with ipfw2 firewall. SEE ALSO ipfw(8), rc.conf(5), syslog.conf(5) AUTHOR Alex Samorukov <samm@os2.kiev.ua>, http://samm.kiev.ua/bruteblock/ FreeBSD July 31, 2006 bruteblock(8)
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