Cort Ammon
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Fail2ban is a background application monitoring log file to detect the wrong IP address logged SSH password multiple times. Fail2ban uses iptables firewall rules to block IP addresses immediately with a predetermined time period.
Install fail2ban
We will install fail2ban through Repo EPEL
Configuring fail2ban
After installation is complete, you open up fail2ban configuration files will see a number of parameters are as follows:
Restart Service Fail2Ban
Finally check to see if the rule of iptables fail2ban exists or not
To view the IP has been banned by fail2ban you use the command:
To delete the IP from the list of banned, you use the following command
Replace YOUR_IP_ADDRESS to the IP you want to unban.
For more info, you can visit fail2ban here.
Install fail2ban
We will install fail2ban through Repo EPEL
Code:
yum install EPEL-release
yum install fail2banConfiguring fail2ban
After installation is complete, you open up fail2ban configuration files will see a number of parameters are as follows:
Code:
nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.confExplanation:
The default configuration is quite good, we do not need to change more on these configurations
Restart Service Fail2Ban
Code:
chkconfig --level 23 fail2ban on
service fail2ban start
Code:
iptables -L
Code:
fail2ban-client status ssh-iptables
Code:
fail2ban-client set ssh-iptables unbanip YOUR_IP_ADDRESSFor more info, you can visit fail2ban here.
