Re: [Sshguard-maintainers] sshguard 1.0

[Mij <mi...@bi...>]

On May 2, 2008, at 04:52 , mantra UNIX wrote:

> Hello Mij,
> I have found some discrepancy in version v0.91, v1.0, v1.1-beta, the  
> way "sshguard" is blocking the offending ip's. I found the  
> consistent behaviour between the v0.91 and and v1.1-beat. But v1.0  
> stable release seems to be not blocking address in a timely fashion.

are you talking about the report about not considering attacks those  
with user names with 1 letter?


> What is the time frame you are planning on release the stable  
> version of 1.1 ?

Although the development has been idle for the former months, I do  
plan to commit
the marginal modifications I had in mind for -stable. I think it  
should be ready in one
or two months.

mm


>
>
> Thanks,
> Tantra.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/5/07, Mij <mi...@bi...> wrote: hello folks,
>
> sshguard 1.0 stable has been finally released, see
>
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=701923
>
> There is a couple of relevant news for maintainers wrt 0.91:
> 1) paths can now be set during ./configure
> For example, iptables path, or the path of /etc/hosts.allow file.
> These are autodetected via $PATH if they're not specified manually.
> If the package compiles on the user host, mind that some systems
> exclude sbin from users PATH, so specifing the path manually is safer.
>
> 2) there is now a man page to install (man/sshguard.8)
> It is installed automatically during make install
>
> 3) there is an example file for whitelisting in exmples/
> whitelistfile.example.
> Depending on the policy of the system, decide whether (and where)
> to copy this example file into the system.
>
> 4) a thorough setup guide covering all the setup combos is available  
> at
>        http://sshguard.sourceforge.net/doc/setup/setup.html
> Unless your package makes the software "up and running" (which is
> preferred, when possible), I recommend to show it off as feedback  
> after
> a successful installation.
>
> I remind to use the syslog+sshguard or syslog-ng+sshguard whenever
> possible; avoid the tail+sshguard combo which is just a working hack.
>
>
>
> Last but not least, there is a new "policy" for maintainerships:
> - I have freed slots on http://sshguard.sourceforge.net/doc/
> sshguardpackages.html
> for sshguard 1.0
> - if you intend to build a package for an OS, please send a message
> to the
> sshguard-maintainers ml containing:
>        - the target OS or OSes
>        - the URL of the package, or the package content itself if  
> you want
> mirroring
>        - possibly a brief TXT or HTML file with notes for users to  
> install
> the package if it's not
>        trivial on default setups (for example on unofficial APT  
> sources, or
> gentoo sunrise etc).
>        If what you need to say is already explained somewhere else,  
> feel
> free to redirect there.
>        I will publish your file on the website for better user  
> feedback.
>
>
> Your help is appreciated, thanks
>
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