Chapter 33. Additional Security Tasks
These labs should be performed on the CentOS operating system that you installed in Chapter 1, “Distributions and Key Components.” Before you begin these labs, log in to the student account that you created during the installation process.
Lab 33.1 Configuring fail2ban
Scenario: Install the fail2ban software and configure it, keeping in mind the following requirements:
Set the ban length to 5 minutes.
Set the number of failures to 10.
Set the findtime setting to 10 minutes.
Make sure the service is enabled.
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