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SSH jail with some additional conditions for fail2ban.
# Fail2Ban filter for openssh
#
[INCLUDES]
# Read common prefixes. If any customizations available -- read them from
# common.local
before = common.conf
[Definition]
_daemon = sshd
failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s(?:error: PAM: )?[aA]uthentication (?:failure|error) for .* from <HOST>( via \S+)?\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)s(?:error: PAM: )?User not known to the underlying authentication module for .* from <HOST>\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sFailed \S+ for .*? from <HOST>(?: port \d*)?(?: ssh\d*)?(: (ruser .*|(\S+ ID \S+ \(serial \d+\) CA )?\S+ %(__md5hex)s(, client user ".*", client host ".*")?))?\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sROOT LOGIN REFUSED.* FROM <HOST>\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .* from <HOST>\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sUser .+ from <HOST> not allowed because not listed in AllowUsers\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sUser .+ from <HOST> not allowed because listed in DenyUsers\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sUser .+ from <HOST> not allowed because not in any group\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)srefused connect from \S+ \(<HOST>\)\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sReceived disconnect from <HOST>: 3: \S+: Auth fail$
^%(__prefix_line)sUser .+ from <HOST> not allowed because a group is listed in DenyGroups\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sUser .+ from <HOST> not allowed because none of user's groups are listed in AllowGroups\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sConnection closed by <HOST> port .* \[preauth\]\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)s(error: )?Received disconnect from <HOST> port .* \[preauth\]\s*$
^%(__prefix_line)sDid not receive identification string from <HOST>\s*$
ignoreregex =
# DEV Notes:
#
# "Failed \S+ for .*? from <HOST>..." failregex uses non-greedy catch-all because
# it is coming before use of <HOST> which is not hard-anchored at the end as well,
# and later catch-all's could contain user-provided input, which need to be greedily
# matched away first.
#
# Author: Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko, Petr Voralek, Daniel Black
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