shizunge/endlessh-go

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1286 stars · 44 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Go implementation of endlessh, an SSH tarpit that traps brute-force attackers by sending an endless SSH banner, while exporting Prometheus metrics. It ships with a Grafana dashboard for visualizing attack sources and geolocation statistics.

Use cases

• tarpit ssh brute force attacks
• monitor ssh attack attempts with prometheus
• visualize ssh attack sources on a grafana dashboard
• waste attackers time with a fake ssh server
• geolocate ssh brute force attackers
• replace endlessh with prometheus metrics support

When to choose

• you want endlessh functionality plus structured Prometheus metrics instead of parsing text logs
• you want a ready-made Grafana dashboard of attack statistics and geolocation
• you prefer a Docker-deployable Go binary over the original C implementation

When to avoid

• you want the minimal, low-memory original C endlessh without extra features
• you don't use Prometheus/Grafana and only need a plain tarpit
• you need a full-featured honeypot with shell interaction like cowrie

Facets

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security monitoring http-server ssh security monitoring self-hosted go self-hosted ssh-tarpit honeypot prometheus-metrics grafana-dashboard endlessh brute-force-protection devops linux docker

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