# Fail2Ban configuration file # # Author: Cyril Jaquier # # $Revision$ # [Definition] # Option: actionstart # Notes.: command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban. # Values: CMD # actionstart = iptables -N fail2ban-<name> iptables -A fail2ban-<name> -j RETURN iptables -I <chain> -p <protocol> --dport <port> -j fail2ban-<name> # Option: actionstop # Notes.: command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban # Values: CMD # actionstop = iptables -D <chain> -p <protocol> --dport <port> -j fail2ban-<name> iptables -F fail2ban-<name> iptables -X fail2ban-<name> # Option: actioncheck # Notes.: command executed once before each actionban command # Values: CMD # actioncheck = iptables -n -L <chain> | grep -q fail2ban-<name> # Option: actionban # 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 # <time> unix timestamp of the ban time # Values: CMD # actionban = iptables -I fail2ban-<name> 1 -s <ip> -j DROP # Option: actionunban # Notes.: command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the # command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights. # Tags: <ip> IP address # <failures> number of failures # <time> unix timestamp of the ban time # Values: CMD # actionunban = iptables -D fail2ban-<name> -s <ip> -j DROP [Init] # Defaut name of the chain # name = default # Option: port # Notes.: specifies port to monitor # Values: [ NUM | STRING ] Default: # port = ssh # Option: protocol # Notes.: internally used by config reader for interpolations. # Values: [ tcp | udp | icmp | all ] Default: tcp # protocol = tcp # Option: chain # Notes specifies the iptables chain to which the fail2ban rules should be # added # Values: STRING Default: INPUT chain = INPUT