From 42dd05210a23d764cb29e159c36badca1b335a51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaroslav Halchenko Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:15:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added a warning for the recidive jail --- config/jail.conf | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf index 435b12f0..b3012054 100644 --- a/config/jail.conf +++ b/config/jail.conf @@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ logpath = /var/log/named/security.log ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 # Jail for more extended banning of persistent abusers +# !!! WARNING !!! +# Make sure that your loglevel specified in fail2ban.conf/.local +# is not at DEBUG level -- which might then cause fail2ban to fall into +# an infinite loop constantly feeding itself with non-informative lines [recidive] enabled = false