How To install BFD (Brute Force Detection)

What is BFD (Brute Force Detection)?

BFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures. There is not much complexity or detail to BFD yet and likewise it is very straight-forward in its installation, configuration and usage. The reason behind BFD is very simple; the fact there is little to no authentication and brute force auditing programs in the linux community that work in conjunction with a firewall or real-time facility to place bans.

Note: You MUST have APF Firewall Installed before installing BFD – it works with APF and requires some APF files to operate.

Installation:
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