BFD - Brute Force Detection

To install BFD, SSH into server and login as root.

At command prompt type: cd /usr/src

At command prompt type: wget http://www.rfxnetworks.com/downloads/bfd-current.tar.gz

At command prompt type: tar -xvzf bfd-current.tar.gz

At command prompt type: cd bfd-0.4

At command prompt type: ./install.sh (or sh install.sh)

After BFD has been installed, you need to edit the configuration file.

At command prompt type: pico /usr/local/bfd/conf.bfd

Under Enable brute force hack attempt alerts:

Find

ALERT_USR="0"

and change it to

ALERT_USR="1"

Find

EMAIL_USR="root"

and change it to

EMAIL_USR="your@email.com"

Save the changes then exit.

To start BFD

At command prompt type: /usr/local/sbin/bfd -s