fail2ban/config/fail2ban.conf.default

# Fail2Ban configuration file
#
# $Revision$

[DEFAULT]

# firewall: select the firewall system to use. Actually,
# the available options are: iptables, ipfwadm, ipfw
firewall = iptables

# background: true to start fail2ban as a daemon. Output
# is redirect to logfile.
background = false

# debug: true to enable debug mode. More verbose output
# and bypass root user test.
debug = false

# pwdfailfile: the path of the file which contains the
# password failure log.
pwdfailfile = /var/log/pwdfail/current

# logfile: the path of the file for logging messages of
# fail2ban.
logfile = /var/log/fail2ban.log

# maxretry: the number of retry before IP gets ban.
maxretry = 3

# bantime: the number of seconds an IP will be ban.
bantime = 600

# ignoreip: a space separated list that contains IP which
# will be ignore by fail2ban. Example:
# ignoreip = 192.168.0.1 123.45.235.65
ignoreip = 

# interface: the interface name on which the IP will be
# banned.
interface = eth0

# polltime: the number of seconds that fail2ban sleeps
# between two iteration (check for IP to unban - parse
# log file). 1 is a good value.
polltime = 1