LFD

Updated: 10/11/2017 by Computer Hope
login failure daemon

Short for Login Failure Daemon, LFD is a process that's part of the CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) that periodically checks for potential threats to a server. LFD looks for such attacks as brute-force login attempts and if found blocks the IP address attempting to attack that server.

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