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mod_log_auth/README.md: update compatibility
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: Log failed authentication attempts with their IP address
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5 ...
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 Prosody doesn't write IP addresses to its log file by default for
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11 privacy reasons (unless debug logging is enabled).
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13 This module enables logging of the IP address in a failed authentication
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14 attempt so that those trying to break into accounts for example can be
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15 blocked.
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17 fail2ban configuration
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18 ======================
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20 fail2ban is a utility for monitoring log files and automatically
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21 blocking "bad" IP addresses at the firewall level.
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23 With this module enabled in Prosody you can use the following example
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24 configuration for fail2ban:
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26 # /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/prosody-auth.conf
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27 # Fail2Ban configuration file for prosody authentication
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28 [Definition]
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29 failregex = Failed authentication attempt \(not-authorized\) for user .* from IP: <HOST>
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30 ignoreregex =
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32 And at the appropriate place (usually the bottom) of
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33 /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf add these lines:
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35 [prosody]
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36 enabled = true
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37 port = 5222
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38 filter = prosody-auth
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39 logpath = /var/log/prosody/prosody*.log
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40 maxretry = 6
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42 Compatibility
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43 -------------
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46 trunk Works as of 26-03-15
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47 13.x Works
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48 0.12 Works
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