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Port details on branch 2026Q3
sshguard Protect hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and other services
2.5.1_2,1 security on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.5.1_2,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: kevinz5000@gmail.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-09-23 20:42:11
Last Update: 2026-09-25 05:42:04
Commit Hash: d72c8f5
License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://www.sshguard.net/
Description:
SSHGuard protects hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and other services. It aggregates system logs and blocks repeat offenders using one of several firewall backends.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/sshguard-2.5.1_2,1/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/sshguard-2.5.1_2,1/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/sshguard-2.5.1_2,1/BSD2CLAUSE
  4. @sample etc/sshguard.conf.sample
  5. sbin/sshguard
  6. libexec/sshg-blocker
  7. libexec/sshg-fw-firewalld
  8. libexec/sshg-fw-hosts
  9. libexec/sshg-fw-ipfilter
  10. libexec/sshg-fw-ipfw
  11. libexec/sshg-fw-ipset
  12. libexec/sshg-fw-iptables
  13. libexec/sshg-fw-nft-sets
  14. libexec/sshg-fw-null
  15. libexec/sshg-fw-pf
  16. libexec/sshg-logtail
  17. libexec/sshg-parser
  18. share/man/man7/sshguard-setup.7.gz
  19. share/man/man8/sshguard.8.gz
  20. @owner
  21. @group
  22. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • sshguard
Dependency lines:
  • sshguard>0:security/sshguard
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/security/sshguard/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install security/sshguard
  • pkg install sshguard
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: sshguard
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1745970532 SHA256 (sshguard-2.5.1.tar.gz) = 997a1e0ec2b2165b4757c42f8948162eb534183946af52efc406885d97cb89fc SIZE (sshguard-2.5.1.tar.gz) = 759630

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Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
security_sshguard
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. http://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  2. http://cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  3. http://deac-ams.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  4. http://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  5. http://deac-riga.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  6. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  7. http://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  8. http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  9. http://gigenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  10. http://ixpeering.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  11. http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  12. http://kumisystems.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  13. http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  14. http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  15. http://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  16. http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  17. http://onboardcloud.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  18. http://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  19. http://sinalbr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  20. http://sitsa.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  21. https://cfhcable.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  22. https://cytranet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  23. https://deac-ams.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  24. https://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  25. https://deac-riga.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  26. https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  27. https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  28. https://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  29. https://gigenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  30. https://ixpeering.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  31. https://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  32. https://kumisystems.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  33. https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  34. https://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  35. https://netactuate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  36. https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  37. https://onboardcloud.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  38. https://phoenixnap.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  39. https://sinalbr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
  40. https://sitsa.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sshguard/sshguard/2.5.1/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
2.5.1_2,1
25 Sep 2026 05:42:04
commit hash: d72c8f5dea6611d43b9ae0cb684cd1681028deabcommit hash: d72c8f5dea6611d43b9ae0cb684cd1681028deabcommit hash: d72c8f5dea6611d43b9ae0cb684cd1681028deabcommit hash: d72c8f5dea6611d43b9ae0cb684cd1681028deab files touched by this commit
Yusuf Yaman (nxjoseph) search for other commits by this committer
Author: SASAKI Katuhiro
security/sshguard: Backport upstream patch

To fix HOSTNAME field in syslog header handling.

PR:		298836
Approved by:	Kevin Zheng <kevinz5000@gmail.com> (maintainer)
Approved by:	osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)
MFH:		2026Q3

(cherry picked from commit 15f83b9d89941e55ac06600250304bcd7b00db3a)
2.5.1_1,1
23 Sep 2026 20:39:18
commit hash: 174eab9a9ae496afe2ebc5259f35033eb1d00d27commit hash: 174eab9a9ae496afe2ebc5259f35033eb1d00d27commit hash: 174eab9a9ae496afe2ebc5259f35033eb1d00d27commit hash: 174eab9a9ae496afe2ebc5259f35033eb1d00d27 files touched by this commit
Yusuf Yaman (nxjoseph) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Kevin Zheng
security/sshguard: Add default "NO" to rcvar

Without a default rcvar set to NO, there are warnings like this:

/etc/rc: WARNING: $sshguard_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5)?

PR:		298781
Approved by:	osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit)
MFH:		2026Q3

(cherry picked from commit 79e6862d9b008738beec5da53a29a61df69ef60d)

Number of commits found: 2