# Fail2Ban jail specifications file # # Comments: use '#' for comment lines and ';' (following a space) for inline comments # # Changes: in most of the cases you should not modify this # file, but provide customizations in jail.local file, e.g.: # # [DEFAULT] # bantime = 3600 # # [ssh-iptables] # enabled = true # # The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be overridden # in each jail afterwards. [DEFAULT] # "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host. Fail2ban will not # ban a host which matches an address in this list. Several addresses can be # defined using space separator. ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 # "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned. bantime = 600 # A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime" # seconds. findtime = 600 # "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned. maxretry = 3 # "backend" specifies the backend used to get files modification. # Available options are "pyinotify", "gamin", "polling" and "auto". # This option can be overridden in each jail as well. # # pyinotify: requires pyinotify (a file alteration monitor) to be installed. # If pyinotify is not installed, Fail2ban will use auto. # gamin: requires Gamin (a file alteration monitor) to be installed. # If Gamin is not installed, Fail2ban will use auto. # polling: uses a polling algorithm which does not require external libraries. # auto: will try to use the following backends, in order: # pyinotify, gamin, polling. backend = auto # "usedns" specifies if jails should trust hostnames in logs, # warn when DNS lookups are performed, or ignore all hostnames in logs # # yes: if a hostname is encountered, a DNS lookup will be performed. # warn: if a hostname is encountered, a DNS lookup will be performed, # but it will be logged as a warning. # no: if a hostname is encountered, will not be used for banning, # but it will be logged as info. usedns = warn # This jail corresponds to the standard configuration in Fail2ban 0.6. # The mail-whois action send a notification e-mail with a whois request # in the body. [ssh-iptables] enabled = false filter = sshd action = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=you@example.com, sender=fail2ban@example.com] logpath = /var/log/sshd.log maxretry = 5 [proftpd-iptables] enabled = false filter = proftpd action = iptables[name=ProFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=ProFTPD, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log maxretry = 6 # This jail forces the backend to "polling". [sasl-iptables] enabled = false filter = sasl backend = polling action = iptables[name=sasl, port=smtp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=sasl, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/mail.log # ASSP SMTP Proxy Jail [assp] enabled = false filter = assp action = iptables-multiport[name=assp,port="25,465,587"] logpath = /root/path/to/assp/logs/maillog.txt # Here we use TCP-Wrappers instead of Netfilter/Iptables. "ignoreregex" is # used to avoid banning the user "myuser". [ssh-tcpwrapper] enabled = false filter = sshd action = hostsdeny sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=you@example.com] ignoreregex = for myuser from logpath = /var/log/sshd.log # Here we use blackhole routes for not requiring any additional kernel support # to store large volumes of banned IPs [ssh-route] enabled = false filter = sshd action = route logpath = /var/log/sshd.log maxretry = 5 # Here we use a combination of Netfilter/Iptables and IPsets # for storing large volumes of banned IPs # # IPset comes in two versions. See ipset -V for which one to use # requires the ipset package and kernel support. [ssh-iptables-ipset4] enabled = false filter = sshd action = iptables-ipset-proto4[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp] logpath = /var/log/sshd.log maxretry = 5 [ssh-iptables-ipset6] enabled = false filter = sshd action = iptables-ipset-proto6[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp, bantime=600] logpath = /var/log/sshd.log maxretry = 5 # bsd-ipfw is ipfw used by BSD. It uses ipfw tables. # table number must be unique. # # This will create a deny rule for that table ONLY if a rule # for the table doesn't ready exist. # [ssh-bsd-ipfw] enabled = false filter = sshd action = bsd-ipfw[port=ssh,table=1] logpath = /var/log/auth.log maxretry = 5 # This jail demonstrates the use of wildcards in "logpath". # Moreover, it is possible to give other files on a new line. [apache-tcpwrapper] enabled = false filter = apache-auth action = hostsdeny logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log /home/www/myhomepage/error.log maxretry = 6 # The hosts.deny path can be defined with the "file" argument if it is # not in /etc. [postfix-tcpwrapper] enabled = false filter = postfix action = hostsdeny[file=/not/a/standard/path/hosts.deny] sendmail[name=Postfix, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/postfix.log bantime = 300 # Do not ban anybody. Just report information about the remote host. # A notification is sent at most every 600 seconds (bantime). [vsftpd-notification] enabled = false filter = vsftpd action = sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/vsftpd.log maxretry = 5 bantime = 1800 # Same as above but with banning the IP address. [vsftpd-iptables] enabled = false filter = vsftpd action = iptables[name=VSFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/vsftpd.log maxretry = 5 bantime = 1800 # Ban hosts which agent identifies spammer robots crawling the web # for email addresses. The mail outputs are buffered. [apache-badbots] enabled = false filter = apache-badbots action = iptables-multiport[name=BadBots, port="http,https"] sendmail-buffered[name=BadBots, lines=5, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/www/*/logs/access_log bantime = 172800 maxretry = 1 # Use shorewall instead of iptables. [apache-shorewall] enabled = false filter = apache-noscript action = shorewall sendmail[name=Postfix, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/apache2/error_log # Monitor roundcube server [roundcube-iptables] enabled = false filter = roundcube-auth action = iptables[name=RoundCube, port="http,https"] logpath = /var/log/roundcube/userlogins # Monitor SOGo groupware server [sogo-iptables] enabled = false filter = sogo-auth port = http, https # without proxy this would be: # port = 20000 action = iptables[name=SOGo, port="http,https"] logpath = /var/log/sogo/sogo.log # Ban attackers that try to use PHP's URL-fopen() functionality # through GET/POST variables. - Experimental, with more than a year # of usage in production environments. [php-url-fopen] enabled = false port = http,https filter = php-url-fopen logpath = /var/www/*/logs/access_log maxretry = 1 # A simple PHP-fastcgi jail which works with lighttpd. # If you run a lighttpd server, then you probably will # find these kinds of messages in your error_log: # ALERT – tried to register forbidden variable ‘GLOBALS’ # through GET variables (attacker '1.2.3.4', file '/var/www/default/htdocs/index.php') # This jail would block the IP 1.2.3.4. [lighttpd-fastcgi] enabled = false port = http,https filter = lighttpd-fastcgi # adapt the following two items as needed logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log maxretry = 2 # Same as above for mod_auth # It catches wrong authentications [lighttpd-auth] enabled = false port = http,https filter = lighttpd-auth # adapt the following two items as needed logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log maxretry = 2 # This jail uses ipfw, the standard firewall on FreeBSD. The "ignoreip" # option is overridden in this jail. Moreover, the action "mail-whois" defines # the variable "name" which contains a comma using "". The characters '' are # valid too. [ssh-ipfw] enabled = false filter = sshd action = ipfw[localhost=192.168.0.1] sendmail-whois[name="SSH,IPFW", dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/auth.log ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 # These jails block attacks against named (bind9). By default, logging is off # with bind9 installation. You will need something like this: # # logging { # channel security_file { # file "/var/log/named/security.log" versions 3 size 30m; # severity dynamic; # print-time yes; # }; # category security { # security_file; # }; # }; # # in your named.conf to provide proper logging. # This jail blocks UDP traffic for DNS requests. # !!! WARNING !!! # Since UDP is connection-less protocol, spoofing of IP and imitation # of illegal actions is way too simple. Thus enabling of this filter # might provide an easy way for implementing a DoS against a chosen # victim. See # http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/690-fail2ban-+-dns-fail.html # Please DO NOT USE this jail unless you know what you are doing. # # [named-refused-udp] # # enabled = false # filter = named-refused # action = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=udp] # sendmail-whois[name=Named, dest=you@example.com] # logpath = /var/log/named/security.log # ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 # This jail blocks TCP traffic for DNS requests. [named-refused-tcp] enabled = false filter = named-refused action = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=Named, dest=you@example.com] logpath = /var/log/named/security.log ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 # Multiple jails, 1 per protocol, are necessary ATM: # see https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/37 [asterisk-tcp] enabled = false filter = asterisk action = iptables-multiport[name=asterisk-tcp, port="5060,5061", protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=Asterisk, dest=you@example.com, sender=fail2ban@example.com] logpath = /var/log/asterisk/messages maxretry = 10 [asterisk-udp] enabled = false filter = asterisk action = iptables-multiport[name=asterisk-udp, port="5060,5061", protocol=udp] sendmail-whois[name=Asterisk, dest=you@example.com, sender=fail2ban@example.com] logpath = /var/log/asterisk/messages maxretry = 10 # To log wrong MySQL access attempts add to /etc/my.cnf: # log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log # log-warning = 2 [mysqld-iptables] enabled = false filter = mysqld-auth action = iptables[name=mysql, port=3306, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=MySQL, dest=root, sender=fail2ban@example.com] logpath = /var/log/mysqld.log maxretry = 5 # 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 filter = recidive logpath = /var/log/fail2ban.log action = iptables-allports[name=recidive] sendmail-whois-lines[name=recidive, logpath=/var/log/fail2ban.log] bantime = 604800 ; 1 week findtime = 86400 ; 1 day maxretry = 5 # PF is a BSD based firewall [ssh-pf] enabled=false filter = sshd action = pf logpath = /var/log/sshd.log maxretry=5