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== configure fail2ban to startup on boot ==

 chkconfig --add fail2ban
 # chkconfig fail2ban on

== Informative sources  ==

[http://www.santasoft.it/en/blog/20120906_protecting-your-server-attacks-fail2ban Protecting your server from attacks with fail2ban]
* tips for setting up fail2ban for apache, dovecot, etc

[http://richardjh.org/blog/blocking-brute-force-attacks-dovecot-centos/ Blocking brute force attacks to Dovecot on CentOS]
* has clear regex example.  wrongly suggests directly editing jail.conf

[http://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-protect-ssh-with-fail2ban-on-centos-6 How To Protect SSH with fail2ban on CentOS 6]
* very current, however, specific to protecting ssh, not covering dovecot

[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/Fail2Ban Using Fail2ban with Dovecot]
* somewhat outdated.  documentation from dovecot site.

[http://sites.google.com/site/ghidit/how-to-2/secure-a-centos-6-mail-server-with-fail2ban Secure a CentOS 6 Mail server with Fail2ban]
* in theory this should be the most current and specific guide.