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<h1>1. Fail2ban</h1>
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$ prt-get depinst fail2ban
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<h2 id="conf">1. Configure</h2>
<p>To start fail2ban at next boot edit /etc/rc.conf and add fail2ban.
Fail2ban will verify if /etc/fail2ban/jail.local exist, if exist will
use it. Copy distribution jail.conf to jail.locol;</p>
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$ sudo cp /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
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<p>Edit /etc/fail2ban/jail.local, example configuration;</p>
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[ssh-iptables]
enabled = enable
filter = sshd
action = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=admin@box, sender=fail2ban@box, sendername="fail2ban"]
logpath = /var/log/auth
maxretry = 5
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