This is all fantastic, thanks for the extra effort Richard. I think a good title would be shorter, perhaps: "Protect your site with fail2ban and firewalld blacklists"? Paul On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:46 AM Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 12:52 PM Paul Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Richard, sorry this is tardy. I was thinking about someone's (maybe it >> was Matthew's?) point that the Magazine doesn't want to seem punitive >> about any countries in particular. Maybe one of the ways to position >> it is a use case where you run a site that serves a local neighborhood >> (like an authority, or a business). It would made little sense for a >> site like that to get a lot of visits from outside the locality, even >> less so outside the country. So that makes a good backdrop for the >> article. > > > Yes, it makes much more sense for localized / personal / private networks rather than for commercial sites, and from what I was told, the technical level / audience for Fedora Magazine is on the lower end so I think this aligns well. > > >> >> The editors could also find an accurate title like "Add security with >> firewalld with blacklists." It would also be helpful if you have a way >> to show an additional use of blacklisting that relies on something >> else like an IP range. > > > Let me think about that, it wasn't part of the original idea which was around the linode article. I definitely want to mention fail2ban in the title as it's what tells us where the intrusion attempts are coming from. > > Ok, so I drafted this email, and then went down the rabbit hole for about an hour... > > I've added the ability to block specific IPs as well so it's not just about countries. > > As far as the title: > > "A layered approach to intrusion prevention with fail2ban and firewalld blacklists" > > Still too long? > > Thanks, > Richard _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
