From: Andrew S. <an...@co...> - 2005-11-22 01:49:25
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I'm confused by the descriptions of reinnittime and maxreinits: # Option: reinittime # Notes.: minimal number of seconds between the re-initialization of # firewalls due to external changes in their rules (see fwcheck) # Values: NUM Default: 100 # reinittime = 10 # Option: maxreinits # Notes.: maximal number of re-initialization of firewalls due to external # changes. -1 stays for infinite, so only reinittime is of importance # Values: NUM Default: -1 # maxreinits = -1 What does "re-initialization" refer to? Is this something that fail2ban does? Different from just adding a firewall rule? When does fail2ban do it? What does "due to external changes" mean? Does this refer to password-related entries appearing in a log file? Or something else? About the only way I can make sense of these two options is: reinittime = minimum time between times when fail2ban will add a firewall rule. maxreinits = maximum number of times that fail2ban will add a firewall rule. If these aren't right, then I really don't know what these options do. Can somone clarify? Thanks, Andrew. |