Ubuntu 16.04.1 still at sshguard 1.6.0?
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Hi. I just upgraded my VPS running Ubuntu LTS from 14.04.4 to 16.04.1. I looked at the rules I was using in fail2ban, and decided sshguard was lighter and covered what I wished.
I see that the latest Ubuntu just offers an older version of sshguard 1.6.0? As an enduser, is there anything I can do to help push the Ubuntu maintainers to offer a more recent version?
Depending on how you feel about this issue, this could be considered major or minor?
Thanks.
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I just did that: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshguard/+question/306071
Thanks.
Lester
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In case you wanted to add it to your ticket, here's the mailing list: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sshguard-maintainers
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reporter
Done.
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reporter
The suggestions on https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshguard/+question/306071 were reasonable. One maintainer wanted to know why 1.6.4 is needed vs 1.6.0. Another suggested adding a ppa for yakkety, and gave the reference to https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=sshguard ; I didn't see any reference to yakkety there. Since I am not sure of whether adding a yakkety ppa could interfere with the new Ubuntu 16.04.1 release, I think I'll wait.
If there is a reasonably important bug that is fixed beyond 1.6.0 in sshguard, please report that as requested on https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshguard/+question/306071 .
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Although I suggest running the latest version of SSHGuard when you can, unless you are missing a specific attack signature or experiencing a bug you should not need to upgrade. There are no security issues that we're aware of in 1.6.0. You are always free to compile the latest version from source; SSHGuard is continually being improved.
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Kevin:
Thanks for that info; that was my prime concern.
Are there any guidelines as to which packages (on Ubuntu) are desirable to use for options to
configure?I use iptables, and could not do a
configurewith this? -
See http://www.sshguard.net/docs/setup/compile-install/. You want
--with-firewall=iptables. -
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Not a bug in SSHGuard.
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You should contact the package maintainer directly. Point out that we have a low-traffic mailing list maintainers should subscribe to for release announcements and packaging help.