IM SNIFFER - Intercepts and decodes all instant message traffic (currently AOL Instant Messenger, AIM Express, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo) sent/received by the local computer or another computer on the network
Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail or /var/log/apache/error_log and bans IP that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.