diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 1de258b9..29302ebe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.7.7)                           2007/02/08
+Fail2Ban (version 0.7.8)                           2007/03/21
 =============================================================
 
+ver. 0.7.8 (2007/03/21) - release candidate
+----------
+- Fixed asctime pattern in datedetector.py
+- Added new filters/actions. Thanks to Yaroslav Halchenko
+- Added Suse init script and modified gentoo-initd. Thanks to
+  Christian Rauch
+- Moved every locking statements in a try..finally block
+
 ver. 0.7.7 (2007/02/08) - release candidate
 ----------
 - Added signal handling in fail2ban-client
diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
index c4e2eb9b..c7fc4b85 100644
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ b/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 1.0
 Name: fail2ban
-Version: 0.7.7
+Version: 0.7.8
 Summary: Ban IPs that make too many password failure
 Home-page: http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net
 Author: Cyril Jaquier
diff --git a/README b/README
index 369c87e4..d73b72d9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.7.7)                           2007/02/08
+Fail2Ban (version 0.7.8)                           2007/03/21
 =============================================================
 
 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Optional:
 
 To install, just do:
 
-> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.7.7.tar.bz2
-> cd fail2ban-0.7.7
+> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.7.8.tar.bz2
+> cd fail2ban-0.7.8
 > python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/share/fail2ban. The
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Tom Pike, Iain Lea, Andrey G. Grozin, Yaroslav Halchenko,
 Jonathan Kamens, Stephen Gildea, Markus Hoffmann, Mark
 Edgington, Patrick Börjesson, kojiro, zugeschmiert, Tyler,
 Nick Munger, Christoph Haas, Justin Shore, Joël Bertrand,
-René Berber, mEDI, Axel Thimm, Eric Gerbier
+René Berber, mEDI, Axel Thimm, Eric Gerbier, Christian Rauch
 
 License:
 --------
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e3818be2..8be435f4 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-ToDo                                         $Revision: 540 $
+ToDo                                         $Revision: 557 $
 =============================================================
 
 Legend:
@@ -13,16 +13,24 @@ Legend:
 # partially done
 * done
 
+- Removed relative imports
+
+- Discuss where Fail2ban should be installed (/usr/share,
+  /usr/lib/python/site-packages/, etc)
+
+- Cleanup fail2ban-client and fail2ban-server. Move code to
+  server/ and client/
+
 - Add timeout to external commands (signal alarm, watchdog
   thread, etc)
 
-- New backend: pynotify
+- New backend: pyinotify
 
 - Uniformize filters and actions name. Use the software name
   (openssh, postfix, proftp)
 
 - Added <USER> tag for failregex. Add features using this
-  information
+  information. Maybe add more tags
 
 - Look at the memory consumption. Decrease memory usage
 
diff --git a/client/beautifier.py b/client/beautifier.py
index e545d0a4..a73d5709 100644
--- a/client/beautifier.py
+++ b/client/beautifier.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 537 $
+# $Revision: 547 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 537 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-01 21:50:12 +0100 (Thu, 01 Feb 2007) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 547 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-12 00:21:56 +0100 (Mon, 12 Feb 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -68,13 +68,18 @@ class Beautifier:
 				msg = "Added jail " + response
 			elif inC[0:1] == ['status']:
 				if len(inC) > 1:
+					# Create IP list
+					ipList = ""
+					for ip in response[1][1][2][1]:
+						ipList += ip + " "
+					# Display information
 					msg = "Status for the jail: " + inC[1] + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "|- " + response[0][0] + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "|  |- " + response[0][1][0][0] + ":\t" + `response[0][1][0][1]` + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "|  `- " + response[0][1][1][0] + ":\t" + `response[0][1][1][1]` + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "`- " + response[1][0] + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "   |- " + response[1][1][0][0] + ":\t" + `response[1][1][0][1]` + "\n"
-					msg = msg + "   |  `- " + response[1][1][2][0] + ":\t" + `response[1][1][2][1]` + "\n"
+					msg = msg + "   |  `- " + response[1][1][2][0] + ":\t" + ipList + "\n"
 					msg = msg + "   `- " + response[1][1][1][0] + ":\t" + `response[1][1][1][1]`
 				else:
 					msg = "Status\n"
diff --git a/common/version.py b/common/version.py
index d6d3a207..81c1218a 100644
--- a/common/version.py
+++ b/common/version.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 543 $
+# $Revision: 561 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 543 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-08 22:14:01 +0100 (Thu, 08 Feb 2007) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 561 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-03-21 22:44:07 +0100 (Wed, 21 Mar 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
diff --git a/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf b/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
index 0f51f45a..72601dc3 100644
--- a/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/hostsdeny.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 #
-# $Revision: 496 $
+# $Revision: 554 $
 #
 
 [Definition]
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 # Notes.:  command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionstart = touch <tmpfile>
+actionstart = 
 
 # Option:  actionend
 # Notes.:  command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionstop = rm -f <tmpfile>
+actionstop = 
 
 # Option:  actioncheck
 # Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
diff --git a/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf b/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6be60a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Cyril Jaquier
+#
+# $Revision: 510 $
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Option:  actionstart
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionstart = echo -en "Hi,\n
+              The jail <name> has been started successfuly.\n
+              Output will be buffered until <lines> lines are available.\n
+              Regards,\n
+              Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started" <dest>
+
+# Option:  actionend
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionstop = if [ -d <tmpfile> ]; then
+                 echo -en "Hi,\n
+                 These hosts have been banned by Fail2Ban.\n
+                 `cat <tmpfile>`
+                 Regards,\n
+                 Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary" <dest>
+                 rm <tmpfile>
+             fi
+             echo -en "Hi,\n
+             The jail <name> has been stopped.\n
+             Regards,\n
+             Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped" <dest>
+
+# Option:  actioncheck
+# Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actioncheck = 
+
+# Option:  actionban
+# Notes.:  command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    <ip>  IP address
+#          <failures>  number of failures
+#          <time>  unix timestamp of the ban time
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionban = echo `date`": <ip> (<failures> failures)" >> <tmpfile>
+            LINE=$( wc -l <tmpfile> | awk '{ print $1 }' )
+            if [ $LINE -eq <lines> ]; then
+                echo -en "Hi,\n
+                These hosts have been banned by Fail2Ban.\n
+                `cat <tmpfile>`
+                Regards,\n
+                Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: Summary" <dest>
+                rm <tmpfile>
+            fi
+
+# Option:  actionunban
+# Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    <ip>  IP address
+#          <failures>  number of failures
+#          <time>  unix timestamp of the ban time
+# Values:  CMD
+#
+actionunban = 
+
+[Init]
+
+# Default name of the chain
+#
+name = default
+
+# Default number of lines that are buffered
+#
+lines = 5
+
+# Default temporary file
+#
+tmpfile = /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt
+
+# Destination/Addressee of the mail
+#
+dest = root
diff --git a/config/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf b/config/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a700c863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filter.d/apache-badbots.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# List of bad bots fetched from http://www.user-agents.org
+# Generated on Sun Feb 11 01:09:15 EST 2007 by ./badbots.sh
+#
+# Author: Yaroslav Halchenko
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+badbotscustom = EmailCollector|WebEMailExtrac|TrackBack/1\.02
+badbots = atSpider/1\.0|autoemailspider|China Local Browse 2\.6|ContentSmartz|DataCha0s/2\.0|DataCha0s/2\.0|DBrowse 1\.4b|DBrowse 1\.4d|Demo Bot DOT 16b|Demo Bot Z 16b|DSurf15a 01|DSurf15a 71|DSurf15a 81|DSurf15a VA|EBrowse 1\.4b|Educate Search VxB|EmailSiphon|EmailWolf 1\.00|ESurf15a 15|ExtractorPro|Franklin Locator 1\.8|FSurf15a 01|Full Web Bot 0416B|Full Web Bot 0516B|Full Web Bot 2816B|Industry Program 1\.0\.x|ISC Systems iRc Search 2\.1|IUPUI Research Bot v 1\.9a|LARBIN-EXPERIMENTAL \(efp@gmx\.net\)|LetsCrawl\.com/1\.0 +http\://letscrawl\.com/|Lincoln State Web Browser|LWP\:\:Simple/5\.803|Mac Finder 1\.0\.xx|MFC Foundation Class Library 4\.0|Microsoft URL Control - 6\.00\.8xxx|Missauga Locate 1\.0\.0|Missigua Locator 1\.9|Missouri College Browse|Mizzu Labs 2\.2|Mo College 1\.9|Mozilla/2\.0 \(compatible; NEWT ActiveX; Win32\)|Mozilla/3\.0 \(compatible; Indy Library\)|Mozilla/4\.0 \(compatible; Advanced Email Extractor v2\.xx\)|Mozilla/4\.0 \(compatible; Iplexx Spider/1\.0 http\://www\.iplexx\.at\)|Mozilla/4\.0 \(compatible; MSIE 5\.0; Windows NT; DigExt; DTS Agent|Mozilla/4\.0 efp@gmx\.net|Mozilla/5\.0 \(Version\: xxxx Type\:xx\)|MVAClient|NASA Search 1\.0|Nsauditor/1\.x|PBrowse 1\.4b|PEval 1\.4b|Poirot|Port Huron Labs|Production Bot 0116B|Production Bot 2016B|Production Bot DOT 3016B|Program Shareware 1\.0\.2|PSurf15a 11|PSurf15a 51|PSurf15a VA|psycheclone|RSurf15a 41|RSurf15a 51|RSurf15a 81|searchbot admin@google\.com|sogou spider|sohu agent|SSurf15a 11 |TSurf15a 11|Under the Rainbow 2\.2|User-Agent\: Mozilla/4\.0 \(compatible; MSIE 6\.0; Windows NT 5\.1\)|WebVulnCrawl\.blogspot\.com/1\.0 libwww-perl/5\.803|Wells Search II|WEP Search 00
+
+# Option:  failregex
+# Notes.:  Regexp to catch known spambots and software alike. Please verify
+#          that it is your intent to block IPs which were driven by
+#          abovementioned bots.
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+failregex = ^<HOST> -.*"(GET|POST).*HTTP.*"(?:%(badbots)s|%(badbotscustom)s)"$
+
+# Option:  ignoreregex
+# Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+ignoreregex =
diff --git a/config/filter.d/exim.conf b/config/filter.d/exim.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c9e649d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filter.d/exim.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Cyril Jaquier
+#
+# $Revision: 510 $
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Option:  failregex
+# Notes.:  regex to match the password failures messages in the logfile. The
+#          host must be matched by a group named "host". The tag "<HOST>" can
+#          be used for standard IP/hostname matching and is only an alias for
+#          (?:::f{4,6}:)?(?P<host>\S+)
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+failregex = \[<HOST>\] .*(?:rejected by local_scan|Unrouteable address)
+
+# Option:  ignoreregex
+# Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/pure-ftpd.conf b/config/filter.d/pure-ftpd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31557468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filter.d/pure-ftpd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Cyril Jaquier
+# Modified: Yaroslav Halchenko for pure-ftpd
+#
+# $Revision: 3$
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Error message specified in multiple languages
+__errmsg = (?:Authentication failed for user|Erreur d'authentification pour l'utilisateur)
+
+#
+# Option: failregex
+# Notes.: regex to match the password failures messages in the logfile. The
+#         host must be matched by a group named "host". The tag "<HOST>" can
+#         be used for standard IP/hostname matching and is only an alias for
+#         (?:::f{4,6}:)?(?P<host>\S+)
+# Values: TEXT
+#
+failregex = pure-ftpd: (.+?@<HOST>) \[WARNING\] %(__errmsg)s \[.+\]$
+
+# Option:  ignoreregex
+# Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+ignoreregex = 
+
diff --git a/config/filter.d/sshd-ddos.conf b/config/filter.d/sshd-ddos.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..433ef877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/filter.d/sshd-ddos.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Yaroslav Halchenko
+#
+# $Revision: 510 $
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Option:  failregex
+# Notes.:  regex to match the password failures messages in the logfile. The
+#          host must be matched by a group named "host". The tag "<HOST>" can
+#          be used for standard IP/hostname matching and is only an alias for
+#          (?:::f{4,6}:)?(?P<host>\S+)
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+failregex = sshd\[\S*\]: Did not receive identification string from <HOST>
+
+# Option:  ignoreregex
+# Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
+# Values:  TEXT
+#
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/sshd.conf b/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
index b2f3d54f..b24e34f0 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 #
-# $Revision: 532 $
+# $Revision: 551 $
 #
 
 [Definition]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
 failregex = Authentication failure for .* from <HOST>
-            Failed [-/\w+]+ for .* from <HOST>
+            Failed [-/\w]+ for .* from <HOST>
             ROOT LOGIN REFUSED .* FROM <HOST>
             [iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .* from <HOST>
 
diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index 4119551e..d381bcaa 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 #
-# $Revision: 524 $
+# $Revision: 552 $
 #
 
 # The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be override
@@ -117,6 +117,31 @@ logpath  = /var/log/vsftpd.log
 maxretry = 5
 bantime  = 1800
 
+# Same as above but with banning the IP address.
+
+[vsftpd-iptables]
+
+enabled  = false
+filter   = vsftpd
+action   = iptables[name=VSFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp]
+           mail-whois[name=VSFTPD, dest=yourmail@mail.com]
+logpath  = /var/log/vsftpd.log
+maxretry = 5
+bantime  = 1800
+
+# Ban hosts which agent identifies spammer robots crawling the web
+# for email addresses. The mail outputs are buffered.
+
+[apache-badbots]
+
+enabled  = false
+filter   = apache-badbots
+action   = iptables-multiport[name=BadBots, port="http,https"]
+           mail-buffered[name=BadBots, lines=5, dest=yourmail@mail.com]
+logpath  = /var/www/*/logs/access_log
+bantime  = 172800
+maxretry = 1
+
 # Use shorewall instead of iptables.
 
 [apache-shorewall]
diff --git a/files/gentoo-confd b/files/gentoo-confd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00d19f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/gentoo-confd
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Config file for /etc/init.d/fail2ban
+#
+# For information on options, see "/usr/bin/fail2ban-client -h".
+
+FAIL2BAN_OPTIONS=""
+
+# Force execution of the server even if the socket already exists:
+#FAIL2BAN_OPTIONS="-x"
diff --git a/files/gentoo-initd b/files/gentoo-initd
index 99348c00..e0f41a5b 100755
--- a/files/gentoo-initd
+++ b/files/gentoo-initd
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 #
 # Author: Sireyessire, Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 491 $
+# $Revision: 559 $
 
 opts="start stop restart reload showlog"
 
-FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban-client"
+FAIL2BAN="/usr/bin/fail2ban-client ${FAIL2BAN_OPTIONS}"
 
 depend() {
 	need net
@@ -42,29 +42,11 @@ stop() {
 }
 
 restart() {
-    if ! service_stopped "${SVCNAME}" ; then
-            svc_stop || return "$?"
-            einfon "Waiting for server to shutdown ."
-			cnt=0
-			while [ 1 ]; do
-				# Ping fail2ban-server
-				${FAIL2BAN} ping &> /dev/null
-				if [ ! "$?" == "0" ]; then
-					break
-				fi
-				cnt=`expr $cnt + 1`
-				if [ $cnt -gt 60 ] ; then
-					# We have waited 1 minute. Failed
-					echo
-					eend 1 "Failed"
-					break
-				fi
-				sleep 1
-				echo -n "."
-			done
-			echo
-    fi
-    svc_start
+	if ! service_stopped "${SVCNAME}" ; then
+		svc_stop || return "$?"
+		sleep 1
+	fi
+	svc_start
 }
 
 reload() {
diff --git a/server/action.py b/server/action.py
index 62bdb419..89cdc55c 100644
--- a/server/action.py
+++ b/server/action.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 434 $
+# $Revision: 556 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 434 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2006-10-24 21:49:31 +0200 (Tue, 24 Oct 2006) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 556 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-03-07 21:54:32 +0100 (Wed, 07 Mar 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -54,18 +54,48 @@ class Action:
 		self.__actionStop = ''
 		logSys.debug("Created Action")
 	
+	##
+	# Sets the action name.
+	#
+	# @param name the name of the action
+	
 	def setName(self, name):
 		self.__name = name
 	
+	##
+	# Returns the action name.
+	#
+	# @return the name of the action
+	
 	def getName(self):
 		return self.__name
 	
+	##
+	# Sets a "CInfo".
+	#
+	# CInfo are statically defined properties. They can be definied by
+	# the user and are used to set e-mail addresses, port, host or
+	# anything that should not change during the life of the server.
+	#
+	# @param key the property name
+	# @param value the property value
+	
 	def setCInfo(self, key, value):
 		self.__cInfo[key] = value
 	
+	##
+	# Returns a "CInfo".
+	#
+	# @param key the property name
+	
 	def getCInfo(self, key):
 		return self.__cInfo[key]
 	
+	##
+	# Removes a "CInfo".
+	#
+	# @param key the property name
+	
 	def delCInfo(self, key):
 		del self.__cInfo[key]
 	
@@ -86,6 +116,14 @@ class Action:
 	def getActionStart(self):
 		return self.__actionStart
 	
+	##
+	# Executes the action "start" command.
+	#
+	# Replaces the tags in the action command with value of "cInfo"
+	# and executes the resulting command.
+	#
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+	
 	def execActionStart(self):
 		startCmd = Action.replaceTag(self.__actionStart, self.__cInfo)
 		return Action.executeCmd(startCmd)
@@ -107,6 +145,11 @@ class Action:
 	def getActionBan(self):
 		return self.__actionBan
 	
+	##
+	# Executes the action "ban" command.
+	#
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+	
 	def execActionBan(self, aInfo):
 		return self.__processCmd(self.__actionBan, aInfo)
 	
@@ -127,6 +170,11 @@ class Action:
 	def getActionUnban(self):
 		return self.__actionUnban
 	
+	##
+	# Executes the action "unban" command.
+	#
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+	
 	def execActionUnban(self, aInfo):
 		return self.__processCmd(self.__actionUnban, aInfo)
 	
@@ -164,10 +212,25 @@ class Action:
 	def getActionStop(self):
 		return self.__actionStop
 	
+	##
+	# Executes the action "stop" command.
+	#
+	# Replaces the tags in the action command with value of "cInfo"
+	# and executes the resulting command.
+	#
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+	
 	def execActionStop(self):
 		stopCmd = Action.replaceTag(self.__actionStop, self.__cInfo)
 		return Action.executeCmd(stopCmd)
 	
+	##
+	# Replaces tags in query with property values in aInfo.
+	#
+	# @param query the query string with tags
+	# @param aInfo the properties
+	# @return a string
+	
 	@staticmethod
 	def replaceTag(query, aInfo):
 		""" Replace tags in query
@@ -179,6 +242,19 @@ class Action:
 		string = string.replace("<br>", '\n')
 		return string
 	
+	##
+	# Executes a command with preliminary checks and substitutions.
+	#
+	# Before executing any commands, executes the "check" command first
+	# in order to check if prerequirements are met. If this check fails,
+	# it tries to restore a sane environnement before executing the real
+	# command.
+	# Replaces "aInfo" and "cInfo" in the query too.
+	#
+	# @param cmd The command to execute
+	# @param aInfo Dynamic properties
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+	
 	def __processCmd(self, cmd, aInfo = None):
 		""" Executes an OS command.
 		"""
@@ -209,6 +285,18 @@ class Action:
 		
 		return Action.executeCmd(realCmd)
 
+	##
+	# Executes a command.
+	#
+	# We need a shell here because commands are mainly shell script. They
+	# contain pipe, redirection, etc.
+	# 
+	# @todo Force the use of bash!?
+	# @todo Kill the command after a given timeout
+	#
+	# @param realCmd the command to execute
+	# @return True if the command succeeded
+
 	@staticmethod
 	def executeCmd(realCmd):
 		logSys.debug(realCmd)
diff --git a/server/actions.py b/server/actions.py
index 2656711f..ca9d3eaf 100644
--- a/server/actions.py
+++ b/server/actions.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 535 $
+# $Revision: 556 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 535 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2007-01-29 22:46:59 +0100 (Mon, 29 Jan 2007) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 556 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-03-07 21:54:32 +0100 (Wed, 07 Mar 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -56,22 +56,45 @@ class Actions(JailThread):
 		## The ban manager.
 		self.__banManager = BanManager()
 	
+	##
+	# Adds an action.
+	#
+	# @param name The action name
+	
 	def addAction(self, name):
 		action = Action(name)
 		self.__actions.append(action)
 	
+	##
+	# Removes an action.
+	#
+	# @param name The action name
+	
 	def delAction(self, name):
 		for action in self.__actions:
 			if action.getName() == name:
 				self.__actions.remove(action)
 				break
 	
+	##
+	# Returns an action.
+	#
+	# Raises a KeyError exception if the action does not exist.
+	#
+	# @param name the action name
+	# @return the action
+	
 	def getAction(self, name):
 		for action in self.__actions:
 			if action.getName() == name:
 				return action
 		raise KeyError
 	
+	##
+	# Returns the last defined action.
+	#
+	# @return The last defined action.
+	
 	def getLastAction(self):
 		action = self.__actions.pop()
 		self.__actions.append(action)
diff --git a/server/banmanager.py b/server/banmanager.py
index 205cbb1e..c2e548f3 100644
--- a/server/banmanager.py
+++ b/server/banmanager.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 536 $
+# $Revision: 553 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 536 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2007-01-31 23:31:42 +0100 (Wed, 31 Jan 2007) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 553 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-26 00:53:22 +0100 (Mon, 26 Feb 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ class BanManager:
 	# @param value the time
 	
 	def setBanTime(self, value):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		self.__banTime = int(value)
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			self.__banTime = int(value)
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	##
 	# Get the ban time.
@@ -85,9 +87,11 @@ class BanManager:
 	# @param value total number
 	
 	def setBanTotal(self, value):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		self.__banTotal = value
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			self.__banTotal = value
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	##
 	# Get the total number of banned address.
diff --git a/server/datedetector.py b/server/datedetector.py
index c447d059..b24d01cc 100644
--- a/server/datedetector.py
+++ b/server/datedetector.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 504 $
+# $Revision: 553 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 504 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2006-12-23 17:37:17 +0100 (Sat, 23 Dec 2006) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 553 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-26 00:53:22 +0100 (Mon, 26 Feb 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -42,44 +42,48 @@ class DateDetector:
 		self.__defTemplate = DateStrptime()
 	
 	def addDefaultTemplate(self):
-		# standard
-		template = DateStrptime()
-		template.setName("Month Day Hour:Minute:Second")
-		template.setRegex("^\S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
-		template.setPattern("%b %d %H:%M:%S")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# asctime
-		template = DateStrptime()
-		template.setName("Weekday Month Day Hour:Minute:Second Year")
-		template.setRegex("\S{3} \S{3} \d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \d{4}")
-		template.setPattern("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# simple date
-		template = DateStrptime()
-		template.setName("Year/Month/Day Hour:Minute:Second")
-		template.setRegex("\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
-		template.setPattern("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# Apache format [31/Oct/2006:09:22:55 -0000]
-		template = DateStrptime()
-		template.setName("Day/Month/Year:Hour:Minute:Second")
-		template.setRegex("\d{2}/\S{3}/\d{4}:\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
-		template.setPattern("%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# Exim 2006-12-21 06:43:20
-		template = DateStrptime()
-		template.setName("Year-Month-Day Hour:Minute:Second")
-		template.setRegex("\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
-		template.setPattern("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# TAI64N
-		template = DateTai64n()
-		template.setName("TAI64N")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
-		# Epoch
-		template = DateEpoch()
-		template.setName("Epoch")
-		self.__templates.append(template)
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			# standard
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("Month Day Hour:Minute:Second")
+			template.setRegex("^\S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
+			template.setPattern("%b %d %H:%M:%S")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# asctime
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("Weekday Month Day Hour:Minute:Second Year")
+			template.setRegex("\S{3} \S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} \d{4}")
+			template.setPattern("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# simple date
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("Year/Month/Day Hour:Minute:Second")
+			template.setRegex("\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
+			template.setPattern("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# Apache format [31/Oct/2006:09:22:55 -0000]
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("Day/Month/Year:Hour:Minute:Second")
+			template.setRegex("\d{2}/\S{3}/\d{4}:\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
+			template.setPattern("%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# Exim 2006-12-21 06:43:20
+			template = DateStrptime()
+			template.setName("Year-Month-Day Hour:Minute:Second")
+			template.setRegex("\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
+			template.setPattern("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# TAI64N
+			template = DateTai64n()
+			template.setName("TAI64N")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+			# Epoch
+			template = DateEpoch()
+			template.setName("Epoch")
+			self.__templates.append(template)
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def getTemplates(self):
 		return self.__templates
@@ -100,14 +104,15 @@ class DateDetector:
 		if self.__defTemplate.isValid():
 			return self.__defTemplate.matchDate(line)
 		else:
-			self.__lock.acquire()
-			for template in self.__templates:
-				match = template.matchDate(line)
-				if not match == None:
-					self.__lock.release()
-					return match
-			self.__lock.release()
-			return None
+			try:
+				self.__lock.acquire()
+				for template in self.__templates:
+					match = template.matchDate(line)
+					if not match == None:
+						return match
+				return None
+			finally:
+				self.__lock.release()
 
 	def getTime(self, line):
 		if self.__defTemplate.isValid():
@@ -117,19 +122,20 @@ class DateDetector:
 			except ValueError:
 				return None
 		else:
-			self.__lock.acquire()
-			for template in self.__templates:
-				try:
-					date = template.getDate(line)
-					if date == None:
-						continue
-					template.incHits()
-					self.__lock.release()
-					return date
-				except ValueError:
-					pass
-			self.__lock.release()
-			return None
+			try:
+				self.__lock.acquire()
+				for template in self.__templates:
+					try:
+						date = template.getDate(line)
+						if date == None:
+							continue
+						template.incHits()
+						return date
+					except ValueError:
+						pass
+				return None
+			finally:
+				self.__lock.release()
 
 	def getUnixTime(self, line):
 		date = self.getTime(line)
@@ -143,8 +149,11 @@ class DateDetector:
 	# in this object and thus should be called from time to time.
 	
 	def sortTemplate(self):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		logSys.debug("Sorting the template list")
-		self.__templates.sort(cmp = lambda x, y: cmp(x.getHits(), y.getHits()), 
-							reverse=True)
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			logSys.debug("Sorting the template list")
+			self.__templates.sort(cmp = lambda x, y:
+								cmp(x.getHits(), y.getHits()), 
+								reverse = True)
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
diff --git a/server/failmanager.py b/server/failmanager.py
index 702d5536..ccaacb6c 100644
--- a/server/failmanager.py
+++ b/server/failmanager.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 537 $
+# $Revision: 553 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 537 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-01 21:50:12 +0100 (Thu, 01 Feb 2007) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 553 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-02-26 00:53:22 +0100 (Mon, 26 Feb 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ class FailManager:
 		self.__failTotal = 0
 	
 	def setFailTotal(self, value):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		self.__failTotal = value
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			self.__failTotal = value
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 		
 	def getFailTotal(self):
 		try:
@@ -54,9 +56,11 @@ class FailManager:
 			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def setMaxRetry(self, value):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		self.__maxRetry = value
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			self.__maxRetry = value
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def getMaxRetry(self):
 		try:
@@ -66,9 +70,11 @@ class FailManager:
 			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def setMaxTime(self, value):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		self.__maxTime = value
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			self.__maxTime = value
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def getMaxTime(self):
 		try:
@@ -78,20 +84,22 @@ class FailManager:
 			self.__lock.release()
 
 	def addFailure(self, ticket):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		ip = ticket.getIP()
-		unixTime = ticket.getTime()
-		if self.__failList.has_key(ip):
-			fData = self.__failList[ip]
-			fData.inc()
-			fData.setLastTime(unixTime)
-		else:
-			fData = FailData()
-			fData.inc()
-			fData.setLastTime(unixTime)
-			self.__failList[ip] = fData
-		self.__failTotal += 1
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			ip = ticket.getIP()
+			unixTime = ticket.getTime()
+			if self.__failList.has_key(ip):
+				fData = self.__failList[ip]
+				fData.inc()
+				fData.setLastTime(unixTime)
+			else:
+				fData = FailData()
+				fData.inc()
+				fData.setLastTime(unixTime)
+				self.__failList[ip] = fData
+			self.__failTotal += 1
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def size(self):
 		try:
@@ -101,12 +109,14 @@ class FailManager:
 			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def cleanup(self, time):
-		self.__lock.acquire()
-		tmp = self.__failList.copy()
-		for item in tmp:
-			if tmp[item].getLastTime() < time - self.__maxTime:
-				self.__delFailure(item)
-		self.__lock.release()
+		try:
+			self.__lock.acquire()
+			tmp = self.__failList.copy()
+			for item in tmp:
+				if tmp[item].getLastTime() < time - self.__maxTime:
+					self.__delFailure(item)
+		finally:
+			self.__lock.release()
 	
 	def __delFailure(self, ip):
 		if self.__failList.has_key(ip):
@@ -129,4 +139,3 @@ class FailManager:
 
 class FailManagerEmpty(Exception):
 	pass
-	
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/mytime.py b/server/mytime.py
index cdc8b1f3..e42a3ba5 100644
--- a/server/mytime.py
+++ b/server/mytime.py
@@ -16,24 +16,45 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 504 $
+# $Revision: 556 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 504 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2006-12-23 17:37:17 +0100 (Sat, 23 Dec 2006) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 556 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-03-07 21:54:32 +0100 (Wed, 07 Mar 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 import time
 
+##
+# MyTime class.
+#
+# This class is a wrapper around time.time()  and time.gmtime(). When
+# performing unit test, it is very useful to get a fixed value from these
+# functions.
+# Thus, time.time() and time.gmtime() should never be called directly.
+# This wrapper should be called instead. The API are equivalent.
+
 class MyTime:
 	
 	myTime = None
 	
+	##
+	# Sets the current time.
+	#
+	# Use None in order to always get the real current time.
+	#
+	# @param t the time to set or None
+	
 	@staticmethod
 	def setTime(t):
 		MyTime.myTime = t
 	
+	##
+	# Equivalent to time.time()
+	#
+	# @return time.time() if setTime was called with None
+	
 	@staticmethod
 	def time():
 		if MyTime.myTime == None:
@@ -41,6 +62,11 @@ class MyTime:
 		else:
 			return MyTime.myTime
 	
+	##
+	# Equivalent to time.gmtime()
+	#
+	# @return time.gmtime() if setTime was called with None
+	
 	@staticmethod
 	def gmtime():
 		if MyTime.myTime == None:
diff --git a/server/ssocket.py b/server/ssocket.py
index 6fc6e35b..b124c379 100644
--- a/server/ssocket.py
+++ b/server/ssocket.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 # Author: Cyril Jaquier
 # 
-# $Revision: 443 $
+# $Revision: 555 $
 
 __author__ = "Cyril Jaquier"
-__version__ = "$Revision: 443 $"
-__date__ = "$Date: 2006-11-01 00:36:59 +0100 (Wed, 01 Nov 2006) $"
+__version__ = "$Revision: 555 $"
+__date__ = "$Date: 2007-03-07 21:53:37 +0100 (Wed, 07 Mar 2007) $"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class SSocket(Thread):
 		#self.__ssock.bind(("localhost", 2222))
 		self.__ssock.bind(sock)
 		# Become a server socket
-		self.__ssock.listen(5)
+		self.__ssock.listen(1)
 	
 	def run(self):
 		self.__isRunning = True
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ class SSocket(Thread):
 			except socket.timeout:
 				# Do nothing here
 				pass
+			except socket.error:
+				# Do nothing here
+				pass
 		self.__ssock.close()
 		# Remove socket
 		if os.path.exists(self.__socket):
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ class SocketWorker(Thread):
 	def __receive(sock):
 		msg = ''
 		while msg.rfind(SSocket.END_STRING) == -1:
-			chunk = sock.recv(6)
+			chunk = sock.recv(128)
 			if chunk == '':
 				raise RuntimeError, "socket connection broken"
 			msg = msg + chunk
diff --git a/testcases/files/testcase02.log b/testcases/files/testcase02.log
index a25a41c5..7ca87c19 100644
--- a/testcases/files/testcase02.log
+++ b/testcases/files/testcase02.log
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ Aug 14 11:58:59 i60p295 sshd[12365]: Failed publickey for roehl from ::ffff:141.
 Aug 14 11:59:01 i60p295 sshd[12365]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for roehl from ::ffff:141.3.81.106 port 51332 ssh2
 Aug 14 11:59:01 i60p295 sshd[12365]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for roehl from ::ffff:141.3.81.106 port 51332 ssh2
 Aug 14 11:59:01 i60p295 sshd[12365]: Accepted keyboard-interactive/pam for roehl from ::ffff:141.3.81.106 port 51332 ssh2
-Aug 14 11:59:59 i60p295 sshd[11437]: Failed password for illegal user from from toto.com from ::ffff:66.38.192.238 port 51381 ssh2