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# Fail2Ban configuration file
#
# Author: Cyril Jaquier
# Modified by Yaroslav Halchenko for multiport banning and Lukas Camenzind for persistent banning
#
#
[Definition]
# Option: actionstart
# Notes.: command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
# Values: CMD
#
actionstart = iptables -N fail2ban-<name>
iptables -A fail2ban-<name> -j RETURN
iptables -I INPUT -p <protocol> -m multiport --dports <port> -j fail2ban-<name>
# Load local list of offenders
if [ -f /etc/fail2ban/ip.blacklist ]; then cat /etc/fail2ban/ip.blacklist | grep -e <name>$ | cut -d "," -s -f 1 | while read IP; do iptables -I fail2ban-<name> 1 -s $IP -j DROP; done; fi
# Option: actionstop
# Notes.: command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
# Values: CMD
#
actionstop = iptables -D INPUT -p <protocol> -m multiport --dports <port> -j fail2ban-<name>
iptables -F fail2ban-<name>
iptables -X fail2ban-<name>
# Option: actioncheck
# Notes.: command executed once before each actionban command
# Values: CMD
#
actioncheck = iptables -n -L INPUT | grep -q fail2ban-<name>
# 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 = if ! iptables -C fail2ban-<name> -s <ip> -j DROP; then iptables -I fail2ban-<name> 1 -s <ip> -j DROP; fi
# Add offenders to local blacklist, if not already there
if ! grep -Fxq '<ip>,<name>' /etc/fail2ban/ip.blacklist; then echo '<ip>,<name>' >> /etc/fail2ban/ip.blacklist; fi
# Report offenders to badips.com
wget -q -O /dev/null www.badips.com/add/<name>/<ip>
# 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 = iptables -D fail2ban-<name> -s <ip> -j DROP
# Disabled clearing out entry from ip.blacklist (somehow happens after each stop of fail2ban)
# sed --in-place '/<ip>,<name>/d' /etc/fail2ban/ip.blacklist
[Init]
# Defaut name of the chain
#
name = default
# Option: port
# Notes.: specifies port to monitor
# Values: [ NUM | STRING ] Default:
#
port = ssh
# Option: protocol
# Notes.: internally used by config reader for interpolations.
# Values: [ tcp | udp | icmp | all ] Default: tcp
#
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