#!/bin/sh # sshguard.conf -- SSHGuard configuration # Options that are uncommented in this example are set to their default # values. Options without defaults are commented out. #### REQUIRED CONFIGURATION #### # Full path to backend executable (required, no default) #BACKEND="/usr/local/libexec/sshg-fw-hosts" BACKEND="/usr/local/libexec/sshg-fw-ipfw" #BACKEND="/usr/local/libexec/sshg-fw-pf" # Space-separated list of log files to monitor. (optional, no default) #FILES="/var/log/auth.log /var/log/maillog" FILES="/var/log/auth.log" # Shell command that provides logs on standard output. (optional, no default) # Example 1: ssh and sendmail from systemd journal: #LOGREADER="LANG=C /usr/bin/journalctl -afb -p info -n1 -t sshd -t sendmail -o cat" # Example 2: ssh from os_log (macOS 10.12+) #LOGREADER="/usr/bin/log stream --style syslog --predicate '(processImagePath contains \"sshd\")'" #### OPTIONS #### # Block attackers when their cumulative attack score exceeds THRESHOLD. # Most attacks have a score of 10. (optional, default 30) THRESHOLD=10 # Block attackers for initially BLOCK_TIME seconds after exceeding THRESHOLD. # Subsequent blocks increase by a factor of 1.5. (optional, default 120) BLOCK_TIME=1200 # Remember potential attackers for up to DETECTION_TIME seconds before # resetting their score. (optional, default 1800) DETECTION_TIME=18000 # Size of IPv6 'subnet to block. Defaults to a single address, CIDR notation. (optional, default to 128) IPV6_SUBNET=64 # Size of IPv4 subnet to block. Defaults to a single address, CIDR notation. (optional, default to 32) IPV4_SUBNET=24 #### EXTRAS #### # !! Warning: These features may not work correctly with sandboxing. !! # Full path to PID file (optional, no default) #PID_FILE=/var/run/sshguard.pid # Colon-separated blacklist threshold and full path to blacklist file. # (optional, no default) #BLACKLIST_FILE=120:/var/db/sshguard/blacklist.db # IP addresses listed in the WHITELIST_FILE are considered to be # friendlies and will never be blocked. #WHITELIST_FILE=/usr/local/etc/sshguard.whitelist