diff --git a/config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf b/config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf
index 73097938..756c3767 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/apache-auth.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = [[]client (?P<host>\S*)[]] user .*(?:: authentication failure|not fo
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf b/config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf
index cd71df8f..dc11a304 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/apache-noscript.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = [[]client (?P<host>\S*)[]] File does not exist: .*(\.php|\.asp)
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/courierlogin.conf b/config/filter.d/courierlogin.conf
index 5656368d..7088a625 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/courierlogin.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/courierlogin.conf
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ failregex = LOGIN FAILED, ip=\[::ffff:(?P<host>\S*)\]$
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf b/config/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf
index d0d2e63d..7860fedb 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/couriersmtp.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = error,relay=(?:::f{4,6}:)?(?P<host>\S*),.*550 User unknown
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/postfix.conf b/config/filter.d/postfix.conf
index c0850eb9..8ca98149 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/postfix.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/postfix.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = reject: RCPT from (.*)\[(?P<host>\S*)\]: 554
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/proftpd.conf b/config/filter.d/proftpd.conf
index f0b82167..1b31cda1 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/proftpd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/proftpd.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = USER \S+: no such user found from \S* ?\[(?P<host>\S+)\] to \S+\s*$
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/qmail.conf b/config/filter.d/qmail.conf
index c958c22d..9aaac649 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/qmail.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/qmail.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = (?:[\d,.]+[\d,.] rblsmtpd: |421 badiprbl: ip )(?P<host>\S*)
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/sasl.conf b/config/filter.d/sasl.conf
index 005dcb28..8fd2027b 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/sasl.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/sasl.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = : warning: [-._\w]+\[(?P<host>[.\d]+)\]: SASL (?:LOGIN|PLAIN|(?:CRAM
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/sshd.conf b/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
index 3003c856..cd9a3628 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/sshd.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = (?:(?:Authentication failure|Failed [-/\w+]+) for(?: [iI](?:llegal|n
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf b/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
index fd8f0ab4..aaa3fbbb 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ failregex = vsftpd: \(pam_unix\) authentication failure; .* rhost=(?P<host>\S*)
 # Notes.:  regex to ignore. If this regex matches, the line is ignored.
 # Values:  TEXT
 #
-#ignoreregex = user: myusername
+ignoreregex = 
diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index 53d446dd..81368c86 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@
 
 [DEFAULT]
 
-# "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host
+# "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host.
 ignoreip = 127.0.0.1
+# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
 bantime  = 600
+# A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the
+# last "maxtime" seconds.
+maxtime  = 3600
+# "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned.
 maxretry = 3
 
 # "backend" specifies the backend used to get files modification. Available