IPQ BDB Alternatives

IPQ BDB is described as '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' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to IPQ BDB for Windows, Linux, Web-based and Mac. The best IPQ BDB alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IPQ BDB are SSHGuard, IPBanPro, Denyhosts and Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense.

IPQ BDB 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 IPQ BDB.

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IPQ BDB

Free • Open Source
Firewall

IPQ BDB filtering is done by a user space netfilter daemon that issues verdicts after looking up the IP address in a...

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Fail2ban
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Linux
19 Fail2ban alternatives
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 IPQ BDB.
- - Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to IPQ BDB.
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SSHGuard
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Mac
Linux
14 SSHGuard alternatives
SSHGuard monitors services through their logging activity. It reacts to messages about dangerous activity by blocking the source address with the local firewall. SSHGuard employs a clever parser that can transparently recognize several logging formats at once (syslog, syslog-ng...
- - SSHGuard is the most popular Mac alternative to IPQ BDB.
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SSH
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IPBanPro
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Paid • Open Source
Firewall
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
Linux
13 IPBanPro alternatives
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 IPQ BDB.
- - IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to IPQ BDB.
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SSH
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Denyhosts
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Free • Open Source
Linux
16 Denyhosts alternatives
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.
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Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense
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Free • Open Source
Windows
13 Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense alternatives
Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.
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Discontinued
Software 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
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Free • Open Source
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
17 SpyLog alternatives
Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protecet against brute-force attacks
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RdpGuard
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Paid • Proprietary
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
15 RdpGuard alternatives
RdpGuard allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows.
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RDP
AiP Defense
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Remote Desktop Tool
Windows
14 AiP Defense alternatives
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.
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AiP Defense Features
Centralized Management
RDP
Support for SFTP
Reporting
Cloud based
IP Address Blacklist
Support for MS SQL Server
Support for FTP
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e.guardo Smart Defender
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
Online
14 e.guardo Smart Defender alternatives
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 IPQ BDB.
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Heuristic Detection
win2ban
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
15 win2ban alternatives
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.
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1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in win2ban without registration.
Brute force attack
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mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
15 mobileFX Spartan RDP Guard alternatives
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.
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RDP