WP fail2ban Blocklist

There are many plugins that use a database to check for malicious IPs after they connect, and of course fail2ban stops repeated attacks, but what if bad IPs could be blocked before they attack?

By working collaboratively – sharing attack data – WP fail2ban Blocklist does exactly that.

The Blocklist Network Service (BNS) collects attack data from participating sites, performs some analytical magic, and sends back a list of IPs that are attacking sites now but haven’t yet attacked that site. In other words, each site periodically gets a unique list of IPs to block preemptively.

GDPR

The BNS doesn’t collect personal data, and bots don’t have rights.

That said, the BNS only collects the minimum data required (time, IP, event), and only for IPs that have behaved m…