Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) AlternativesFirewalls and other similar apps like Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker)

Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) is described as 'Prevents Brute Force Attacks Against SSH, FTP, SMTP and More' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are three alternatives to Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) for Linux and Mac. The best Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) are SSHGuard and Denyhosts.

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    Fail2ban

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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...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker).

    • Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker).

    • Fail2ban is Free and Open SourceSentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) is also Free and Open Source
    • Fail2ban is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) is not according to our users
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    SSHGuard

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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 Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker).

    • SSHGuard is Free and Open SourceSentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) is also Free and Open Source
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    Denyhosts

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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
     
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