SSHGuard Alternatives
SSHGuard is described as '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' and is a Firewall in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SSHGuard for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Web-based, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best SSHGuard alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SSHGuard are IPBanPro, Denyhosts, Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) and SpyLog.
SSHGuard 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 SSHGuard.
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 SSHGuard.
- - Fail2ban is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SSHGuard.
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 SSHGuard.
- - IPBanPro is the most popular commercial alternative to SSHGuard.
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.
Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker)
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo3 Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Firewall
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Prevents Brute Force Attacks Against SSH, FTP, SMTP and More.
- - Sentry (Bruteforce attack blocker) is the most popular Mac alternative to SSHGuard.
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 SSHGuard.
Hookem-Banem Features
Light-weight and extra-configurable peruser of systemd journal logs: ban IP, send immediate email, daily report… all based on a single JSON configuration file.
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.
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 SSHGuard.
e.guardo Smart Defender Features
HeatShield
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo11 HeatShield alternatives- Freemium • Proprietary
- Firewall
- Linux
- Online
HeatShield is a network firewall management service for Linux servers. A firewall configured by HeatShield prevents unauthorized access to services running on your servers, such as SSH and MySQL. Using HeatShield, you can easily restrict access to these services so that only IP...
ACRIBA logdog
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo1 ACRIBA logdog alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Linux
Comparable with fail2ban but based on Java and optimized for high performance. Log scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/access_log) and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc.