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Open up the thefail2ban configuration file: vi ./fail2ban/jail.localConfigure the SSH tables section [ssh-iptables] enabled = true filter = sshd action = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=root, sender=[email protected]] logpath = /var/log/secure maxretry = 5