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+# fail2rest
+
+##Overview
+
+fail2rest is a small REST server that aims to replicate the failban-client UI
+
+fail2rest will eventually be used as a backend to a small web app to make fail2ban
+administration and reporting easier.
+
+
+##Contributing
+Every PR will be merged! Feel free to open up PRs that aren't fully done, I will do
+my best to finish them for you. I will make sure to review everything I can. If
+you are interested in working on fail2rest, but don't know where to start here are some ideas.
+
+* Find unimplemented fail2ban-client commands
+* Improve data assertions before json.marshall (this is really important!)
+* Document current API calls (and examples with cURL), small static website for this info
+* Start on fail2web, I would like to write this in angular, angular-ui, browserify and d3.js (Open to suggestions just most comfortable with this)
+* Write tests, and implement some post-commit system for running tests
+* Expand fail2ban-server so that we can perform more operations via socket. I would like to avoid editing files as long as possible
+
+##License
+iThe MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 Sean DuBois
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.