How To Protect SSH With Fail2Ban on CentOS 7

Today im going to show how to configure Fail2ban on Centos 7 and block SSH attempts.

Install Fail2ban on CentOS 7

# sudo yum install epel-release

# yum install fail2ban

# systemctl enable fail2ban

Configure Local Settings

# nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.local

Paste the following:

/etc/fail2ban/jail.local


[sshd]
enabled = true
banaction = iptables-multiport
maxretry = 3
findtime = 43200
bantime = 86400

# sudo systemctl restart fail2ban

# fail2ban-client status sshd

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