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+# Fail2Ban configuration file
+#
+# Author: Cyril Jaquier
+#
+# $Revision: 254 $
+#
+
+[Definition]
+
+# Option:  fwstart
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
+# Values:  CMD  Default:
+#
+actionstart = echo -en "Hi,\n
+              The jail <name> has been started successfuly.\n
+              Regards,\n
+              Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started" <dest>
+
+# Option:  fwend
+# Notes.:  command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
+# Values:  CMD  Default:
+#
+actionstop = echo -en "Hi,\n
+             The jail <name> has been stopped.\n
+             Regards,\n
+             Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped" <dest>
+
+# Option:  fwcheck
+# Notes.:  command executed once before each fwban command
+# Values:  CMD  Default:
+#
+actioncheck = 
+
+# Option:  fwban
+# Notes.:  command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    <ip>  IP address
+#          <failures>  number of failures
+#          <failtime>  unix timestamp of the last failure
+#          <bantime>  unix timestamp of the ban time
+# Values:  CMD
+# Default: iptables -I INPUT 1 -s <ip> -j DROP
+#
+actionban = echo -en "Hi,\n
+            The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after
+            <failures> attempts against <section>.\n
+            Regards,\n
+            Fail2Ban"|mail -s "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip>" <dest>
+
+# Option:  fwunban
+# Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
+#          command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights.
+# Tags:    <ip>  IP address
+#          <bantime>  unix timestamp of the ban time
+#          <unbantime>  unix timestamp of the unban time
+# Values:  CMD
+# Default: iptables -D INPUT -s <ip> -j DROP
+#
+actionunban = 
+
+[Init]
+
+# Defaut name of the chain
+#
+name = default
+
+# Destinataire of the mail
+#
+dest = root