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fail2ban or denyhosts to block invalid username 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
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fail2ban is not sending mail when it bans an ip!
I have configured fail2ban to send me a mail when it bans an IP, but it is not working. I get a message when the jails start and stop but nothing else .
I am using ssmtp to send mail via Google Mail.
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fail2ban broken after dist upgrade
My fail2ban install is broken after a dist update. I have no idea why it stopped to work. The logfile is over weeks 0 byte. Even if I can see in my server logs that the client should be blocked.
Here ...
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potential ufw and fail2ban conflicts
Will running both fail2ban and ufw cause problems? I noticed that fail2ban modifies iptables rules, but ufw already has a ton of iptables rules defined... so I'm not sure if fail2ban will mess these ...
