feat: add WHOIS subnet querying and IP consolidation utility

- Implemented a new utility for querying WHOIS information and consolidating IP addresses by subnet.
- Added caching mechanism for WHOIS responses to improve performance.
- Introduced functions for loading and saving the WHOIS cache, querying subnets, and consolidating IPs based on a threshold.

feat: create Flask web UI for intrusion detection system

- Developed a Flask web application to manage the intrusion detection system.
- Implemented routes for scanning, reports, blocklist management, and firewall configuration.
- Added helper functions for reading files and handling requests.

feat: define routes for web UI

- Registered routes for various web pages and API endpoints in the Flask application.
- Implemented functionality for scanning, reporting, blocklist management, and firewall state retrieval.

feat: implement background scan runner for web UI

- Created a background scan runner to handle scan jobs in a separate thread.
- Managed an in-memory job store for tracking scan jobs and their statuses.
- Added persistence for scan jobs to maintain state across application restarts.

chore: update start script for Flask application

- Enhanced the PowerShell start script to check for the existence of the virtual environment.
- Added comments and structured the script for better readability and usability.

app/flags.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Detection functions that identify hostile IPs based on aggregated stats.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from . import bad_patterns
-from .constants import DEFAULT_ERROR_RATIO, DEFAULT_MIN_DENIED, DEFAULT_MIN_ERRORS
-from .models import IPStats
+from .utils.constants import DEFAULT_ERROR_RATIO, DEFAULT_MIN_DENIED, DEFAULT_MIN_ERRORS
+from .utils.models import IPStats
 
 
 def flag_scanners(stats: dict[str, IPStats], min_errors: int = DEFAULT_MIN_ERRORS,