From ef3c8ad4a19269277e77ddb85ecf70b584a15344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: john Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 17:50:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Minor edits --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6835d03..804089b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ iptables filtering. As the name implies, *ban2fail* was inspired by the popular *fail2ban* project (http://fail2ban.org). -*ban2fail* started with a few hours of C hacking after my mail server was -exploited to deliver spam for others who had cracked a user's SMTP send password. -After inspecting the log files I realized that crackers are now using widely -distributed attacks, and that I would need an app that could run several times a -minute on my rather modest Linode virtual server to have a chance of stopping -them. I hope you find this code useful. +*ban2fail* started with a few hours of frenzied C hacking after my mail server +was exploited to deliver spam for others who had cracked a user's SMTP send +password. After inspecting the log files I realized that crackers are now using +widely distributed attacks, and that I would need an app that could run several +times a minute on my rather modest Linode virtual server to have a chance of +stopping them. I hope you find this code useful. ## Configuration