- bump to 1.2.4

- update README a bit
- add Max Khan to CREDITS

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+BruteForceBlocker v1.2.4 - Sep 2 2017
+  - add a new regexp to match failure log entries of recent OpenSSH versions
+  - contributed by Max Khon
 
 BruteForceBlocker v1.2.3 - Mar 6 2006
   - fixed regexp to match fqdn

CREDITS

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Thanks to:
 - Branislav Gerzo for some perl coding hints and help with code cleanup
 - Kan Sasaki who sent me a patch for BruteForceBlocker which allows to
   resolve reverze DNS to an IP address
-
+- Max Khon for regexp to match recent OpenSSH failure log entries

README

@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
-
-BruteForceBlocker v1.2.3
+BruteForceBlocker v1.2.4
 
 BruteForceBlocker is a perl script, that works along with pf - OpenBSD's
-firewall (Which is also available on FreeBSD since version 5.2 is out).
-It's main purpose is to block SSH bruteforce attacks via firewall.
+firewall (which is also available on FreeBSD and NetBSD) and its main
+purpose is to block SSH bruteforce attacks via firewall.
 
 When this script is running, it checks sshd logs from syslog and looks
-for Failed Login attempts - mostly some annoying script attacks, and
+for failed login attempts - mostly some annoying script attacks, and
 counts number of such attempts.
 
 When given IP reaches configured limit of fails, script puts this IP to
-the pf's table and block any further traffic to the that box from given
-IP (This also depends on your configuration in pf.conf). 
+the pf's table and blocks any further traffic from the given IP.
 
-Since the version of BruteForceBlocker 1.2 it is also possible to report
-blocked IPs to the project site and share your information with other
-users.
+Furthermore, the blocked IP is reported to the project site which
+enables users to share a list of abusive IPs. The list is publicly
+available at http://danger.rulez.sk/projects/bruteforceblocker/blist.php
 
 If you are bored of those automated auth tries, you will be happy with
 this script. BruteForceBlocker is easy to use, simple, and effective.
 
 For installation instructions see INSTALL file.
 
-Feel free to send flames / reports or whatever to my e-mail address.
-
+WWW: http://danger.rulez.sk/index.php/bruteforceblocker/

bruteforceblocker.pl

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
-# BruteForceBlocker v1.2.3
-# - Daniel Gerzo <[email protected]>
+# BruteForceBlocker by Daniel Gerzo <[email protected]>
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 require '/usr/local/etc/bruteforceblocker.conf';
 
 my $work = {
+	version		=> '1.2.4',
 	ipv4		=> '(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}',	# regexp to match ipv4 address
 	ipv6		=> '[\da-fA-F:]+',		# regexp to match ipv6 address
 	fqdn		=> '[\da-z\-.]+\.[a-z]{2,4}',	# regexp to match fqdn
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ sub download {
     my $url = shift or die "Need url!\n";
     # create useragent
     my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(
-	agent 	=> 'BruteForceBlocker v1.2.3',
+	agent 	=> "BruteForceBlocker v$work->{version}",
 	timeout => 10
     );
     # send request