How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "fail2ban" package

This is a short guide on how to install fail2ban on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fail2ban" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fail2ban on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fail2ban package on Kali Linux

Package: fail2ban
Version: 1.0.2-3
Installed-Size: 2126
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-systemd
Recommends: nftables | iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify
Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, monit, sqlite3
Size: 449248
SHA256: 0b799c252e692529248d5ddf467db6010c1f7917974a1553cabfa052167883fe
SHA1: 66e9c4c9d08d8405b14edcd29db38f2810002fd9
MD5sum: 784fbe8739c1fa3b1e0d92071b54d323
Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Fail2ban monitors log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log,
/var/log/apache/access.log) and temporarily or persistently bans
failure-prone addresses by updating existing firewall rules. Fail2ban
allows easy specification of different actions to be taken such as to ban
an IP using iptables or hostsdeny rules, or simply to send a notification
email.
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By default, it comes with filter expressions for various services
(sshd, Apache, proftpd, sasl, etc.) but configuration can be
easily extended for monitoring any other text file. All filters and
actions are given in the config files, thus fail2ban can be adopted
to be used with a variety of files and firewalls. Following recommends
are listed:
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- iptables/nftables -- default installation uses iptables for banning.
nftables is also supported. You most probably need it
- whois -- used by a number of *mail-whois* actions to send notification
emails with whois information about attacker hosts. Unless you will use
those you don't need whois
- python3-pyinotify -- unless you monitor services logs via systemd, you
need pyinotify for efficient monitoring for log files changes
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.fail2ban.org
Tag: admin::automation, admin::logging, admin::monitoring,
implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
network::firewall, protocol::ip, role::program,
security::authentication, security::firewall, security::ids,
security::log-analyzer, use::login, use::monitor,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::logfile, works-with::text
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fail2ban/fail2ban_1.0.2-3_all.deb