Fail2Ban or DenyHosts to block invalid username SSH login attempts
Is there a way to automatically block IP address when a user tries to login as any invalid username? I already have:
[ssh]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 31536000
in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
networking security iptables fail2ban
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Is there a way to automatically block IP address when a user tries to login as any invalid username? I already have:
[ssh]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 31536000
in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
networking security iptables fail2ban
add a comment |
Is there a way to automatically block IP address when a user tries to login as any invalid username? I already have:
[ssh]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 31536000
in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
networking security iptables fail2ban
Is there a way to automatically block IP address when a user tries to login as any invalid username? I already have:
[ssh]
enabled = true
port = ssh
filter = sshd
logpath = /var/log/auth.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 31536000
in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
networking security iptables fail2ban
networking security iptables fail2ban
edited Oct 25 '15 at 4:51
JakeGould
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asked Mar 20 '13 at 19:05
slayton1213
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I cannot help you with fail2ban, but I am using denyhosts quite successfully for exactly this thing. You can tune quite a lot parameters and it also have a distributed database where you can send and receive other badhosts.
Here's more detailed howto:
Install denyhosts
package (sudo apt-get install denyhosts
)
Look at the default configuration in /etc/denyhosts.conf
, you might be interested in DENY_TRESHOLD_INVALID
, DENY_TRESHOLD_VALID
and DENY_TRESHOLD_ROOT
options.
As for the sync server it's disabled by default and you will need to enable it by uncommenting SYNC_SERVER
option.
It's also not bad to set PURGE_DENY
option to 1w or something like that in case you block-out yourself, so the entry will get purge after one week and you will be able to login again.
add a comment |
Why not just deny all root logins entirely over SSH, rather than using Fail2Ban or other stuff? By doing that, and denying the use of the root login, you remove the issue of having to block everyone, because even if they guess the root password, it'll deny them login. Regardless of how many times they try.
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
, find the line containing PermitRootLogin
. Edit that with whatever text editor, but make sure you use sudo
/gksudo
(gksudo only if you're using a GUI text editor). Make that line I mentioned say PermitRootLogin no
, then save, and do sudo service ssh restart
.
(This answer was written for the incorrectly-stated initial question. This answer will not be modified to match the revised question, because that's beyond my ability to answer. I may delete THIS answer in future)
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
add a comment |
This is deliberately not supported in fail2ban
:
In other words, invalid users may get 2 attempts while invalid password for valid users get 5 attempts. How can that be done in fail2ban?
A convincing argument against doing this says that it lets an attacker know whether or not a username is valid, and thus dramatically decreases the search space of a brute-force attack.
I found your question while trying to do the same thing, but now I've changed my mind. Apart from the secrecy benefit, why save an attacker time by cutting them off early?
add a comment |
First, define the filter for invalid users in filter.d/sshd-invaliduser.conf
:
[INCLUDES]
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from <HOST>(?: port d+)?s*$
ignoreregex =
[Init]
journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd
Then enable it in jail.local
:
[sshd-invaliduser]
enabled = true
maxretry = 1
port = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
This works with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 on Debian 9.
add a comment |
You can Enhance your security by enable roundcube section
Roundcube does have captcha plugins available which will mitigate this, but users will complain if they have to type in a captcha to login for mail.
Fail2ban provides an easy solution for this.
First up, we need to add roundcube into /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
[roundcube]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = roundcube
action = iptables-multiport[name=roundcube, port="http,https"]
logpath = [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]/logs/errors
maxretry = 5
findtime = 600
bantime = 3600
Change [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]
in the above to your actual roundcube folder
eg /home/roundcube/public_html/logs/errors
Next, we need to create a filter.
Add /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/roundcube.conf
[Definition]
failregex = IMAP Error: Login failed for . from <HOST>(. . in .?/rcube_imap.php on line d+ (S+ S+))?$
ignoreregex =
Now we have the basics in place, we need to test out our filter.
For that, we use fail2ban-regex
.
Enjoy
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
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I cannot help you with fail2ban, but I am using denyhosts quite successfully for exactly this thing. You can tune quite a lot parameters and it also have a distributed database where you can send and receive other badhosts.
Here's more detailed howto:
Install denyhosts
package (sudo apt-get install denyhosts
)
Look at the default configuration in /etc/denyhosts.conf
, you might be interested in DENY_TRESHOLD_INVALID
, DENY_TRESHOLD_VALID
and DENY_TRESHOLD_ROOT
options.
As for the sync server it's disabled by default and you will need to enable it by uncommenting SYNC_SERVER
option.
It's also not bad to set PURGE_DENY
option to 1w or something like that in case you block-out yourself, so the entry will get purge after one week and you will be able to login again.
add a comment |
I cannot help you with fail2ban, but I am using denyhosts quite successfully for exactly this thing. You can tune quite a lot parameters and it also have a distributed database where you can send and receive other badhosts.
Here's more detailed howto:
Install denyhosts
package (sudo apt-get install denyhosts
)
Look at the default configuration in /etc/denyhosts.conf
, you might be interested in DENY_TRESHOLD_INVALID
, DENY_TRESHOLD_VALID
and DENY_TRESHOLD_ROOT
options.
As for the sync server it's disabled by default and you will need to enable it by uncommenting SYNC_SERVER
option.
It's also not bad to set PURGE_DENY
option to 1w or something like that in case you block-out yourself, so the entry will get purge after one week and you will be able to login again.
add a comment |
I cannot help you with fail2ban, but I am using denyhosts quite successfully for exactly this thing. You can tune quite a lot parameters and it also have a distributed database where you can send and receive other badhosts.
Here's more detailed howto:
Install denyhosts
package (sudo apt-get install denyhosts
)
Look at the default configuration in /etc/denyhosts.conf
, you might be interested in DENY_TRESHOLD_INVALID
, DENY_TRESHOLD_VALID
and DENY_TRESHOLD_ROOT
options.
As for the sync server it's disabled by default and you will need to enable it by uncommenting SYNC_SERVER
option.
It's also not bad to set PURGE_DENY
option to 1w or something like that in case you block-out yourself, so the entry will get purge after one week and you will be able to login again.
I cannot help you with fail2ban, but I am using denyhosts quite successfully for exactly this thing. You can tune quite a lot parameters and it also have a distributed database where you can send and receive other badhosts.
Here's more detailed howto:
Install denyhosts
package (sudo apt-get install denyhosts
)
Look at the default configuration in /etc/denyhosts.conf
, you might be interested in DENY_TRESHOLD_INVALID
, DENY_TRESHOLD_VALID
and DENY_TRESHOLD_ROOT
options.
As for the sync server it's disabled by default and you will need to enable it by uncommenting SYNC_SERVER
option.
It's also not bad to set PURGE_DENY
option to 1w or something like that in case you block-out yourself, so the entry will get purge after one week and you will be able to login again.
edited Mar 20 '13 at 21:55
answered Mar 20 '13 at 20:16
oerdnj
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Why not just deny all root logins entirely over SSH, rather than using Fail2Ban or other stuff? By doing that, and denying the use of the root login, you remove the issue of having to block everyone, because even if they guess the root password, it'll deny them login. Regardless of how many times they try.
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
, find the line containing PermitRootLogin
. Edit that with whatever text editor, but make sure you use sudo
/gksudo
(gksudo only if you're using a GUI text editor). Make that line I mentioned say PermitRootLogin no
, then save, and do sudo service ssh restart
.
(This answer was written for the incorrectly-stated initial question. This answer will not be modified to match the revised question, because that's beyond my ability to answer. I may delete THIS answer in future)
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
add a comment |
Why not just deny all root logins entirely over SSH, rather than using Fail2Ban or other stuff? By doing that, and denying the use of the root login, you remove the issue of having to block everyone, because even if they guess the root password, it'll deny them login. Regardless of how many times they try.
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
, find the line containing PermitRootLogin
. Edit that with whatever text editor, but make sure you use sudo
/gksudo
(gksudo only if you're using a GUI text editor). Make that line I mentioned say PermitRootLogin no
, then save, and do sudo service ssh restart
.
(This answer was written for the incorrectly-stated initial question. This answer will not be modified to match the revised question, because that's beyond my ability to answer. I may delete THIS answer in future)
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
add a comment |
Why not just deny all root logins entirely over SSH, rather than using Fail2Ban or other stuff? By doing that, and denying the use of the root login, you remove the issue of having to block everyone, because even if they guess the root password, it'll deny them login. Regardless of how many times they try.
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
, find the line containing PermitRootLogin
. Edit that with whatever text editor, but make sure you use sudo
/gksudo
(gksudo only if you're using a GUI text editor). Make that line I mentioned say PermitRootLogin no
, then save, and do sudo service ssh restart
.
(This answer was written for the incorrectly-stated initial question. This answer will not be modified to match the revised question, because that's beyond my ability to answer. I may delete THIS answer in future)
Why not just deny all root logins entirely over SSH, rather than using Fail2Ban or other stuff? By doing that, and denying the use of the root login, you remove the issue of having to block everyone, because even if they guess the root password, it'll deny them login. Regardless of how many times they try.
In /etc/ssh/sshd_config
, find the line containing PermitRootLogin
. Edit that with whatever text editor, but make sure you use sudo
/gksudo
(gksudo only if you're using a GUI text editor). Make that line I mentioned say PermitRootLogin no
, then save, and do sudo service ssh restart
.
(This answer was written for the incorrectly-stated initial question. This answer will not be modified to match the revised question, because that's beyond my ability to answer. I may delete THIS answer in future)
edited Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
answered Mar 20 '13 at 19:09
Thomas Ward♦
43.4k23120172
43.4k23120172
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
add a comment |
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
1
1
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
I do have that setting enabled however what I'm attempting to do is remove all unnecessary traffic to the server. I'm attempting to have an IP address banned after 3 attempts from using a wrong username, including root. I have had attempts to login with usernames like harry potter, sally... etc.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:35
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
@slayton1213 Based on your comment, I have revised your question and what it is asking, to be more specific to what your actual goal is. Please confirm I got that right.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
yes this is correct.
– slayton1213
Mar 20 '13 at 19:41
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
OK, I can't answer THAT, i only answered the initial question, @slayton1213. I will probably delete this answer in the near future,as a result.
– Thomas Ward♦
Mar 20 '13 at 19:59
add a comment |
This is deliberately not supported in fail2ban
:
In other words, invalid users may get 2 attempts while invalid password for valid users get 5 attempts. How can that be done in fail2ban?
A convincing argument against doing this says that it lets an attacker know whether or not a username is valid, and thus dramatically decreases the search space of a brute-force attack.
I found your question while trying to do the same thing, but now I've changed my mind. Apart from the secrecy benefit, why save an attacker time by cutting them off early?
add a comment |
This is deliberately not supported in fail2ban
:
In other words, invalid users may get 2 attempts while invalid password for valid users get 5 attempts. How can that be done in fail2ban?
A convincing argument against doing this says that it lets an attacker know whether or not a username is valid, and thus dramatically decreases the search space of a brute-force attack.
I found your question while trying to do the same thing, but now I've changed my mind. Apart from the secrecy benefit, why save an attacker time by cutting them off early?
add a comment |
This is deliberately not supported in fail2ban
:
In other words, invalid users may get 2 attempts while invalid password for valid users get 5 attempts. How can that be done in fail2ban?
A convincing argument against doing this says that it lets an attacker know whether or not a username is valid, and thus dramatically decreases the search space of a brute-force attack.
I found your question while trying to do the same thing, but now I've changed my mind. Apart from the secrecy benefit, why save an attacker time by cutting them off early?
This is deliberately not supported in fail2ban
:
In other words, invalid users may get 2 attempts while invalid password for valid users get 5 attempts. How can that be done in fail2ban?
A convincing argument against doing this says that it lets an attacker know whether or not a username is valid, and thus dramatically decreases the search space of a brute-force attack.
I found your question while trying to do the same thing, but now I've changed my mind. Apart from the secrecy benefit, why save an attacker time by cutting them off early?
answered Jun 16 '13 at 11:01
supervacuo
1534
1534
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add a comment |
First, define the filter for invalid users in filter.d/sshd-invaliduser.conf
:
[INCLUDES]
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from <HOST>(?: port d+)?s*$
ignoreregex =
[Init]
journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd
Then enable it in jail.local
:
[sshd-invaliduser]
enabled = true
maxretry = 1
port = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
This works with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 on Debian 9.
add a comment |
First, define the filter for invalid users in filter.d/sshd-invaliduser.conf
:
[INCLUDES]
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from <HOST>(?: port d+)?s*$
ignoreregex =
[Init]
journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd
Then enable it in jail.local
:
[sshd-invaliduser]
enabled = true
maxretry = 1
port = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
This works with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 on Debian 9.
add a comment |
First, define the filter for invalid users in filter.d/sshd-invaliduser.conf
:
[INCLUDES]
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from <HOST>(?: port d+)?s*$
ignoreregex =
[Init]
journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd
Then enable it in jail.local
:
[sshd-invaliduser]
enabled = true
maxretry = 1
port = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
This works with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 on Debian 9.
First, define the filter for invalid users in filter.d/sshd-invaliduser.conf
:
[INCLUDES]
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from <HOST>(?: port d+)?s*$
ignoreregex =
[Init]
journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd
Then enable it in jail.local
:
[sshd-invaliduser]
enabled = true
maxretry = 1
port = ssh
logpath = %(sshd_log)s
backend = %(sshd_backend)s
This works with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 on Debian 9.
answered Nov 30 at 10:04
cweiske
2,56012033
2,56012033
add a comment |
add a comment |
You can Enhance your security by enable roundcube section
Roundcube does have captcha plugins available which will mitigate this, but users will complain if they have to type in a captcha to login for mail.
Fail2ban provides an easy solution for this.
First up, we need to add roundcube into /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
[roundcube]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = roundcube
action = iptables-multiport[name=roundcube, port="http,https"]
logpath = [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]/logs/errors
maxretry = 5
findtime = 600
bantime = 3600
Change [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]
in the above to your actual roundcube folder
eg /home/roundcube/public_html/logs/errors
Next, we need to create a filter.
Add /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/roundcube.conf
[Definition]
failregex = IMAP Error: Login failed for . from <HOST>(. . in .?/rcube_imap.php on line d+ (S+ S+))?$
ignoreregex =
Now we have the basics in place, we need to test out our filter.
For that, we use fail2ban-regex
.
Enjoy
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
add a comment |
You can Enhance your security by enable roundcube section
Roundcube does have captcha plugins available which will mitigate this, but users will complain if they have to type in a captcha to login for mail.
Fail2ban provides an easy solution for this.
First up, we need to add roundcube into /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
[roundcube]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = roundcube
action = iptables-multiport[name=roundcube, port="http,https"]
logpath = [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]/logs/errors
maxretry = 5
findtime = 600
bantime = 3600
Change [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]
in the above to your actual roundcube folder
eg /home/roundcube/public_html/logs/errors
Next, we need to create a filter.
Add /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/roundcube.conf
[Definition]
failregex = IMAP Error: Login failed for . from <HOST>(. . in .?/rcube_imap.php on line d+ (S+ S+))?$
ignoreregex =
Now we have the basics in place, we need to test out our filter.
For that, we use fail2ban-regex
.
Enjoy
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
add a comment |
You can Enhance your security by enable roundcube section
Roundcube does have captcha plugins available which will mitigate this, but users will complain if they have to type in a captcha to login for mail.
Fail2ban provides an easy solution for this.
First up, we need to add roundcube into /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
[roundcube]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = roundcube
action = iptables-multiport[name=roundcube, port="http,https"]
logpath = [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]/logs/errors
maxretry = 5
findtime = 600
bantime = 3600
Change [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]
in the above to your actual roundcube folder
eg /home/roundcube/public_html/logs/errors
Next, we need to create a filter.
Add /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/roundcube.conf
[Definition]
failregex = IMAP Error: Login failed for . from <HOST>(. . in .?/rcube_imap.php on line d+ (S+ S+))?$
ignoreregex =
Now we have the basics in place, we need to test out our filter.
For that, we use fail2ban-regex
.
Enjoy
You can Enhance your security by enable roundcube section
Roundcube does have captcha plugins available which will mitigate this, but users will complain if they have to type in a captcha to login for mail.
Fail2ban provides an easy solution for this.
First up, we need to add roundcube into /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
[roundcube]
enabled = false
port = http,https
filter = roundcube
action = iptables-multiport[name=roundcube, port="http,https"]
logpath = [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]/logs/errors
maxretry = 5
findtime = 600
bantime = 3600
Change [YOUR PATH TO ROUNDCUBE HERE]
in the above to your actual roundcube folder
eg /home/roundcube/public_html/logs/errors
Next, we need to create a filter.
Add /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/roundcube.conf
[Definition]
failregex = IMAP Error: Login failed for . from <HOST>(. . in .?/rcube_imap.php on line d+ (S+ S+))?$
ignoreregex =
Now we have the basics in place, we need to test out our filter.
For that, we use fail2ban-regex
.
Enjoy
edited Oct 25 '15 at 7:53
mchid
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answered Apr 30 '15 at 4:37
user402960
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
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What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
What is the relevance of this to using fail2ban for SSH?
– Gert van den Berg
Nov 12 at 14:35
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