RdpGuard Alternatives

RdpGuard is described as 'Allows you to protect your Remote Desktop (RDP) from brute-force attacks by blocking attacker's IP address. Fail2Ban for Windows' and is a Remote Desktop tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to RdpGuard for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac. The best RdpGuard alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RdpGuard are SSHGuard, IPBanPro, Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense and Denyhosts.

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  1. Fail2ban icon
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    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...

    21 Fail2ban alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to RdpGuard.

    • Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to RdpGuard.

    • Fail2ban is Free and Open SourceRdpGuard is Paid and Proprietary
    • Fail2ban is Lightweight and Privacy focusedRdpGuard is not according to our users
  2. SSHGuard icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • SSHGuard is the most popular Mac alternative to RdpGuard.

    • SSHGuard is Free and Open SourceRdpGuard is Paid and Proprietary
  3. IPBanPro icon
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    IPBan is 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.

    15 IPBanPro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    • Most users think IPBanPro is a great RdpGuard alternative.

    • IPBanPro is the most popular Windows alternative to RdpGuard.

    • IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to RdpGuard.

    • IPBanPro is Paid and Open SourceRdpGuard is Paid and Proprietary
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    Out-of-the-box security for Remote Deskop, Exchange, OWA, SharePoint, CRM, generic IIS applications and many other server systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense as an Alternative to RdpGuard
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    There is the chance to block an IP forever. It's completely free.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense is a great RdpGuard alternative.

    • Cyberarms Intrusion Detection and Defense is Free and Open SourceRdpGuard is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Denyhosts icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Syspeace icon
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    Syspeace automatically blocks brute force attacks primarily for Windows Servers with good information in the admin mils telling you DNS names, country of origin and username used for the attack.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. SpyLog icon
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    Monitor logs from several sources and execute actions based on some rules. Can be used to protect against brute-force attacks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. IPQ BDB icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. EvlWatcher icon
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    Protected against RDP-Brute forcers. It installs a service which scans the event log for anomalies every 30 seconds (by default).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Hookem-Banem is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to RdpGuard.

    • Hookem-Banem is Free and Open SourceRdpGuard is Paid and Proprietary
  11. AiP Defense icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Protects DMZ and public systems by analyzing logs to defend against brute force, DDoS, and spoofing on networked services like RDP, IIS, and SMTP using dynamic rules and global blacklists, without replacing your firewall, supporting customization and integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • e.guardo Smart Defender is the most popular Web-based alternative to RdpGuard.

    • e.guardo Smart Defender is Paid and ProprietaryRdpGuard is also Paid and Proprietary
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