AiP Defense Alternatives
AiP Defense is described as 'Your Microsoft Windows servers are probably under constant attack and you may not even know it! Chances are if your hosting remote desktop, or other services such as Microsoft exchange, FTP, HTTP, HTTP’s or SQL. Your server is likely getting bombarded with failed login attempts' and is a Firewall in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AiP Defense for Windows, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted. The best AiP Defense alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AiP Defense are IPBanPro, Denyhosts, Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense and SpyLog.
AiP Defense alternatives are mainly Firewalls but may also be Remote Desktop Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AiP Defense.
Fail2ban
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo19 Fail2ban alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
Fail2ban scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/error_log) and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time...
- - Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to AiP Defense.
- - Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AiP Defense.
IPBanPro
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo13 IPBanPro alternatives- Paid • Open Source
- Firewall
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
- Linux
A FREE and open source application that allows auto banning ip addresses from failed login attempts. Many sources are watched such as SSH, SMTP, SQL-Server, MySQL, RDP and dropped packets.
- - IPBanPro is the most popular Windows alternative to AiP Defense.
- - IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to AiP Defense.
IPBanPro Features
The idea of denying access to SSH servers is nothing new and I was inspired by many other scripts that I discovered. However, none of them did things the way I envisioned them to. Also, they were all shell scripts which do not offer the elegance of Python.
Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo13 Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.
DiscontinuedSoftware has been set open-source and abandoned by the main developer. Seems a very good detector but fails to successfully stop attacks. When I have it set to block IPs after 5 failed attempts I shouldn't see multiple entries showing 300 attempts by the same IP addresses.
SpyLog
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo17 SpyLog alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protecet against brute-force attacks
Hookem-Banem
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo8 Hookem-Banem alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Built to react fast in server farms environments (ISPs, HSPs, organisations...) Hookem-Banem is a log monitoring system which monitors logs being sent to a central server (syslog, file...) and on detection of malicious intent (repeated login failures, many failed RCPT commands...
- - Hookem-Banem is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to AiP Defense.
Hookem-Banem Features
RdpGuard
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo15 RdpGuard alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
RdpGuard allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows.
RdpGuard Features
IPQ BDB filtering is done by a user space netfilter daemon that issues verdicts after looking up the IP address in a Berkeley DB. The fuzzy blocking model, freely inspired by STOCKADE, is designed to block non-distributed dictionary attacks and mitigate spam.
EvlWatcher
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo9 EvlWatcher alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Windows
Protected against RDP-Brute forcers. It installs a service which scans the event log for anomalies every 30 seconds (by default).
e.guardo Smart Defender
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo14 e.guardo Smart Defender alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
e.guardo protects your RDP, MSSQL, FTP, SMTP, EXCHANGE, OWA, LYNC, MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM, SHAREPOINT and many more services from Brute Force and Dictionary Attacks
- - e.guardo Smart Defender is the most popular Web-based alternative to AiP Defense.
e.guardo Smart Defender Features
win2ban
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo15 win2ban alternatives- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Windows
win2ban is a Fail2ban implementation for Windows systems. It is a packaging of Fail2ban, Python, Cygwin, Winlogbeat and many other related tools to make it a complete and ready-to-use solution for brute-force attack protection.
win2ban Features
mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo15 mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard alternatives- Paid • Proprietary
- Firewall
- Windows
mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard is an intrusion detection system (IDS) and host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) implemented as a Windows 64-bit or 32-bit Service with location-based attack reporting and instant notifications.
mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard Features
