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Check Failed Password Attempts - 0.1.6

scans system for failed logins

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All Time:	(3.5)
Version 0.1.6:	(4.7)
Selected Version:	0.1.6
Release Date:	2005-03-30
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.1.6):	704
Downloads (all versions):	131
Price:	$0.00

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Product Description:

This is a small application that parses the /var/log/secure.log file looking for failed authorization attempts. It presents a summary of the total number of failed attempts (and successes) per user. It will also optionally display the full log listing of each failed attempt, each successful attempt, and SSH information from the /var/log/system.log (see the preferences to enable/disable these options).

This application is based on tips submitted to www.macintouch.com. See the MacInTouch report on Security: Access Monitoring and SSH (http://www.macintouch.com/security-mon.html) for a discussion of what these results mean and how to better protect your system.

What's new in this version:

Better error handling if the log files are either not present or empty.
Added explanation of why the application asks for a password.
Improved the text formatting of the number lists.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.1.6:
Overall Rating:	(4.7)	Features:	(4.3)	Support:	(4.7)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.7)	Price:	(5.0)

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Works great for me under Tiger - Version: 0.1.9, 11/2/2005 10:31AM PST

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George Pytlik

Works as advertised. Keep in mind that some OS X utilities wipe out the log file as part of their functionality, so it will only scan what is there.

is this supposed to work with Tiger??? - Version: 0.1.7, 6/9/2005 12:52AM PST

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Hal Itosis

Under 10.4.1 this goes off looking for log entries...
but it never comes back. Progress bar ad infinitum.

-HI-

"Nothing is logged" - Version: 0.1.7, 4/2/2005 12:12PM PST

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TheRonster

New version still reports "Nothing is logged. The secure log file doesn’t exist."

This was after I entered wrong passwords to generate Failed Password Attempts. Where the allegedly missing log should be, I don't know. The program and the author haven't been helpful on this point. Some might get a false sense of security from these results.

The Console log seems to indicate this program secretly depends on a third-party add-on for Applescript called 24U Appearance OSAX. If so, it should be listed in requirements. (It's also quite possible I don't understand any of this!)

2005-04-02 14:59:46.427 Check for Failed Password Attempts[1228] CFLog (21): Cannot find executable for CFBundle 0x4d869d0 </Library/ScriptingAdditions/24U Appearance OSAX.osax> (not loaded)

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