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IPBan
win2ban
RdpGuard
CrowdSec
Syspeace
SSHGuard
wail2ban
Shared brute-force ban list for Windows (RDP) and Linux (SSH) servers

Website, pricing, platforms and company facts side by side.
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In their own words, as submitted to SaaSHub.


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KIPBan protects a fleet of servers from password brute-forcing. A lightweight agent reads the Windows Event Log (event 4625 and others) or works with fail2ban + ipset on Linux. When one server bans an attacker, every server in your fleet blocks it within 5 minutes.
What each product offers, as listed by its team.


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As answered by people managing https://alanaknows.com/ and KIPBan.
KIPBan's answer:
KIPBan's answer:
A ban on one server protects all of them. When any server in your fleet catches an attacker guessing passwords, every other Windows and Linux server blocks that IP within 5 minutes. One panel for both Windows (RDP, MS SQL, Exchange) and Linux (SSH, mail, web, databases), with escalating bans and an optional global database of attackers seen by all KIPBan users.
KIPBan's answer:
System administrators, MSPs and small hosting providers who run several Windows and/or Linux servers exposed to the internet (RDP, SSH, mail, databases) and are tired of each server fighting the same botnets separately.
KIPBan's answer:
KIPBan was built by people who run the servers it protects. Our own fleet of about 20 Windows and Linux servers sees around 500 new attacking IPs a day. Every tool we tried protected one machine at a time, so each server had to learn about the same botnet on its own. We wanted a ban on one server to protect all of them, on Windows and Linux alike, so we built it and developed it on that live fleet under constant attack.
KIPBan's answer:
Windows agent: .NET Framework 4.x, Windows Event Log, Windows Firewall. Linux agent: Python, fail2ban, iptables + ipset, systemd. Web panel and API over HTTPS.
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