diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0c1c3676..f568f02a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ releases.
 * Fixed test case "testSetupInstallRoot" for not default python version (also
   using direct call, out of virtualenv);
 * Fixed ambiguous wrong recognized date pattern resp. its optional parts (see gh-1512);
+* FIPS compliant, use sha1 instead of md5 if it not allowed (see gh-1540)
+* Monit config: scripting is not supported in path (gh-1556)
 * `filter.d/asterisk.conf`
     - Fixed to match different asterisk log prefix (source file: method:)
 * `filter.d/ignorecommands/apache-fakegooglebot`
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ releases.
     - Extended failregex and test cases to handle ASSP V1 and V2 (gh-1494)
 * `filter.d/postfix-sasl.conf`
     - Allow for having no trailing space after 'failed:' (gh-1497)
+* `filter.d/vsftpd.conf`
+    - Optional reason part in message after FAIL LOGIN (gh-1543)
+
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf b/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
index 930b0d7e..2ecc44d3 100644
--- a/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
+++ b/config/filter.d/vsftpd.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ __pam_re=\(?%(__pam_auth)s(?:\(\S+\))?\)?:?
 _daemon =  vsftpd
 
 failregex = ^%(__prefix_line)s%(__pam_re)s\s+authentication failure; logname=\S* uid=\S* euid=\S* tty=(ftp)? ruser=\S* rhost=<HOST>(?:\s+user=.*)?\s*$
-            ^ \[pid \d+\] \[.+\] FAIL LOGIN: Client "<HOST>"\s*$
+            ^ \[pid \d+\] \[[^\]]+\] FAIL LOGIN: Client "<HOST>"(?:\s*$|,)
 
 ignoreregex = 
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filter.py b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
index 13538c66..9b1aefd6 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filter.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filter.py
@@ -934,7 +934,12 @@ class FileFilter(Filter):
 
 try:
 	import hashlib
-	md5sum = hashlib.md5
+	try:
+		md5sum = hashlib.md5
+		# try to use it (several standards like FIPS forbid it):
+		md5sum(' ').hexdigest()
+	except: # pragma: no cover
+		md5sum = hashlib.sha1
 except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
 	# hashlib was introduced in Python 2.5.  For compatibility with those
 	# elderly Pythons, import from md5
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/vsftpd b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/vsftpd
index bcd7f611..3205fac3 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/vsftpd
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/files/logs/vsftpd
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ Fri Jan 19 12:20:33 2007 [pid 27202] [anonymous] FAIL LOGIN: Client "64.106.46.9
 
 # failJSON: { "time": "2004-10-23T21:15:42", "match": true , "host": "58.254.172.161" }
 Oct 23 21:15:42 vps vsftpd: pam_unix(vsftpd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ftp ruser=test rhost=58.254.172.161
+
+# failJSON: { "time": "2016-09-08T00:39:49", "match": true , "host": "192.0.2.1" }
+Thu Sep  8 00:39:49 2016 [pid 15019] [guest] FAIL LOGIN: Client "::ffff:192.0.2.1", "User is not in the allow user list."
diff --git a/files/monit/fail2ban b/files/monit/fail2ban
index 8e6c9419..7873dbe0 100644
--- a/files/monit/fail2ban
+++ b/files/monit/fail2ban
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 check process fail2ban with pidfile /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
     group services
     start program = "/etc/init.d/fail2ban force-start"
-    stop  program = "/etc/init.d/fail2ban stop || :"
+    stop  program = "/etc/init.d/fail2ban stop"
     if failed unixsocket /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock then restart
     if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout