Installs and configures fail2ban, a utility that watches logs for failed login attempts and blocks repeat offenders with firewall rules.
- Current public release.
A package named "fail2ban" must be available via the native package manager for the Platform.
Installs the fail2ban package, manages 2 templates: /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf and /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf, and manages the fail2ban service.
Typically, include recipe[fail2ban] in a base role applied to all nodes.
Author:: Joshua Timberman
Copyright:: 2009-2011, Opscode, Inc
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