diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6636ef76..58f8f84a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ver. 0.8.12 (2013/12/XX) - things-can-only-get-better
   - allow for ",milliseconds" in the custom date format of proftpd.log
   - allow for ", referer ..." in apache-* filter for apache error logs.
   - allow for spaces at the beginning of kernel messages. Closes gh-448
+  - recidive jail to block all protocols. Closes gh-440. Thanks Ioan Indreias
 
 - New Features:
 
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index e71eefea..afc72aa3 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Guillaume Delvit
 Hanno 'Rince' Wagner
 Iain Lea
 Jacques Lav!gnotte
+Ioan Indreias
 Jonathan Kamens
 Jonathan Lanning
 Jonathan Underwood
diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index 0de7f524..433170a5 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ maxretry = 5
 enabled  = false
 filter   = recidive
 logpath  = /var/log/fail2ban.log
-action   = iptables-allports[name=recidive]
+action   = iptables-allports[name=recidive,protocol=all]
            sendmail-whois-lines[name=recidive, logpath=/var/log/fail2ban.log]
 bantime  = 604800  ; 1 week
 findtime = 86400   ; 1 day