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    Was I the target of a successful attack?

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      Supermule Banned
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      Would be a viable option to have indeed!

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        mir
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        Is it possible to add a feature request for fail2ban in pfsense? I think this is important to prevent (D)DOS attacks leading to crash of service so my hope is that it is added to pfsense core and not as a package.

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          doktornotor Banned
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          @mir:

          Is it possible to add a feature request for fail2ban in pfsense? I think this is important to prevent (D)DOS attacks leading to crash of service so my hope is that it is added to pfsense core and not as a package.

          But it's already there. https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Sshlockout

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            Supermule Banned
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            Maybe not working then?? or enabled??

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              doktornotor Banned
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              @Supermule:

              Maybe not working then?? or enabled??

              Erm… read the logs posted?

              Jan  4 00:51:23 pf01 sshlockout[37765]: Locking out 222.186.56.43 after 15 invalid attempts

              Looks damn well working.

              P.S. None of this protects against DDoS. Not possible. Won't save your WAN from crashing.

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                Supermule Banned
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                Yes I can see that :) Thank you.

                https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/HOWTO_enable_SSH_access

                Not a way to configure it. And it seems that all though i disable it on the webgui then it doesnt get disabled in the console menu.

                ![secure shell.PNG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/secure shell.PNG_thumb)
                ![secure shell.PNG](/public/imported_attachments/1/secure shell.PNG)

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                  Supermule Banned
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                  The console is responsive ONLY when you enable and disable the sshd.

                  No can do via the gui.

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                    doktornotor Banned
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                    No idea what are you trying to do with console. Serial console is not SSH.

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                      Supermule Banned
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                      I know…. but you can enable/disable it via the gui and via console.

                      It doesnt work disabling it via the GUI. Only via the console...

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                        doktornotor Banned
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                        What's IT?!

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                          Supermule Banned
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                          SSH :)

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                            doktornotor Banned
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                            Before disabling SSH via GUI:

                            
                            # netstat -an | grep .22
                            tcp4       0      0 *.22                   *.*                    LISTEN
                            tcp6       0      0 *.22                   *.*                    LISTEN
                            
                            

                            After disabling SSH via GUI:

                            
                            # netstat -an | grep .22
                            #
                            
                            

                            Re-enabling SSH via console:

                            
                            # netstat -an | grep .22
                            tcp4       0      0 *.22                   *.*                    LISTEN
                            tcp6       0      0 *.22                   *.*                    LISTEN
                            
                            

                            and checking back the GUI:

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                              Supermule Banned
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                              Doesnt work here…

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                                KOM
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                                P.S. None of this protects against DDoS. Not possible. Won't save your WAN from crashing.

                                This x 1000.  I don't know why so many people incorrectly think that a simple firewall rule can mitigate a DDoS attack.  I guess someone should tell the netops over at Sony and MS that they should add a firewall rule to stop their entire gaming networks from being blown offline like what happened a week or two ago…

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                                  Supermule Banned
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                                  It doesnt stop it or prevent it…

                                  It handles it and doesnt interfere with normal services.

                                  And dont let the security at Sony disturb you at night....if North Korea can get in, everyone can....

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                                    firewalluser
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                                    @KOM:

                                    P.S. None of this protects against DDoS. Not possible. Won't save your WAN from crashing.

                                    This x 1000.  I don't know why so many people incorrectly think that a simple firewall rule can mitigate a DDoS attack.  I guess someone should tell the netops over at Sony and MS that they should add a firewall rule to stop their entire gaming networks from being blown offline like what happened a week or two ago…

                                    But depending on how your internal network is setup, the initial ddos on the wan could trigger a cascade of network activity which can slow the slower or under heavy load lans as well. With virtualisation becoming more common, the increased activity could also swap some cpu's as well.

                                    Capitalism, currently The World's best Entertainment Control System and YOU cant buy it! But you can buy this, or some of this or some of these

                                    Asch Conformity, mainly the blind leading the blind.

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                                      Supermule Banned
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                                      Thats why you have sinkholes and load balanced servers ;)

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                                        firewalluser
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                                        When you can afford it.

                                        Sadly I dont have GCHQ's or the NSA's budgets.  ;)

                                        Capitalism, currently The World's best Entertainment Control System and YOU cant buy it! But you can buy this, or some of this or some of these

                                        Asch Conformity, mainly the blind leading the blind.

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