# Fail2Ban configuration file
#
# Author: Cyril Jaquier
#
# $Revision: 747 $
#
# The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be override
# 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
# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
bantime = 36000000
# A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime"
# seconds.
findtime = 100
# "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 "gamin", "polling" and "auto". This option can be overridden in
# each jail too (use "gamin" for a jail and "polling" for another).
#
# gamin: requires Gamin (a file alteration monitor) to be installed. If Gamin
# is not installed, Fail2ban will use polling.
# polling: uses a polling algorithm which does not require external libraries.
# auto: will choose Gamin if available and polling otherwise.
backend = auto
# 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 = true
filter = sshd
action = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=you@mail.com, sender=fail2ban@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
maxretry = 3
[proftpd-iptables]
enabled = false
filter = proftpd
action = iptables[name=ProFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp]
sendmail-whois[name=ProFTPD, dest=you@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
maxretry = 3
# 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@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/mail.log
# 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@mail.com]
ignoreregex = for myuser from
logpath = /var/log/sshd.log
# 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 = 3
# 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@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/postfix.log
bantime = 3300000
# 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@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/vsftpd.log
maxretry = 3
bantime = 31800
# 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@mail.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@mail.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@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/apache2/error_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
# 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@mail.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.
[named-refused-udp]
enabled = false
filter = named-refused
action = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=udp]
sendmail-whois[name=Named, dest=you@mail.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@mail.com]
logpath = /var/log/named/security.log
ignoreip = 168.192.0.1
