tallow Alternatives

tallow is described as 'Tallow is a fail2ban/lard replacement that uses systemd's native journal API to scan for attempted ssh logins, and issues temporary IP bans for clients that violate certain login patterns' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are five alternatives to tallow for Linux, Self-Hosted and Windows. The best tallow alternative is Fail2ban, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like tallow are reaction, SpyLog, Pyruse and win2ban.

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  1. Fail2ban icon

    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...

    21 Fail2ban alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    It's a completely separate program from tallow, and has none of the features in common.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Fail2ban is the most popular Linux alternative to tallow.

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

    • Fail2ban is Free and Open Sourcetallow is also Free and Open Source
    • Fail2ban is Lightweight and Privacy focusedtallow is not according to our users
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    reaction

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    Inspired by the honorable Fail2ban, it intend to provide a more lightweight (CPU wise) alternative, easy to configure and well documented.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
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    • reaction is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to tallow.

    • reaction is Free and Open Sourcetallow is also Free and Open Source
    • reaction is Lightweight and Privacy focusedtallow is not according to our users
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    SpyLog

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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
     

    • SpyLog is the most popular Windows alternative to tallow.

    • SpyLog is Free and Open Sourcetallow is also Free and Open Source

  5. Pyruse

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     

  6. win2ban

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    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.

    15 win2ban alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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