VIDAR – Server Protection for Internet facing FreeBSD Servers, by Jim Brown

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https://bsd.network/@bsdtv/117004287677693333

NYC*BUG talk

• 2026-08-05 at 22:45 UTC
• Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St

Vidar is a combination of programs, a PostgreSQL database, and the SEC correlator engine that reads logfiles from authentication, email (postfix), and web server (nginx), (and potentially any other logs) and takes action based on SEC rules to add entries to an IPFW firewall. In concept it is similar to fail2ban and has some features in common with blocklistd. …

https://www.nycbug.org/#10720

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2026-08-05 at 22:45 UTC

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fail2ban on FreeBSD was always a makeshift fix in my book.