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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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.

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tallow alternatives page was last updated Dec 7, 2023
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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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Fail2ban VS tallow

     
    Comments about Fail2ban as an Alternative to tallow
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    Negative •Sep 28, 2017
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    It's a completely separate program from tallow, and has none of the features in common.

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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
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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.

    9 reaction alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  IP Address Blacklist
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Security Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Spam Filter
    7.  Website Monitoring
    8.  Brute force attack
    9.  Golang
    10.  SSH
    11.  Golang Regular Expressions

    reaction VS tallow

     

    • 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.

    18 SpyLog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SpyLog VS tallow

     

    • 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.

    6 Pyruse alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Pyruse VS tallow

     

  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

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    win2ban Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Brute force attack

    win2ban VS tallow

     
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