Edit file File name : hostsdeny.conf Content :# Fail2Ban configuration file # # Author: Cyril Jaquier # Edited for cross platform by: James Stout, Yaroslav Halchenko and Daniel Black # # [Definition] # Option: actionstart # Notes.: command executed on demand at the first ban (or at the start of Fail2Ban if actionstart_on_demand is set to false). # Values: CMD # actionstart = # Option: actionstop # Notes.: command executed at the stop of jail (or at the end of Fail2Ban) # Values: CMD # actionstop = # Option: actioncheck # Notes.: command executed once before each actionban command # Values: CMD # actioncheck = # Option: actionban # Notes.: command executed when banning an IP. Take care that the # command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights. # Tags: See jail.conf(5) man page # Values: CMD # actionban = printf %%b "<daemon_list>: <ip_value>\n" >> <file> # Option: actionunban # Notes.: command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the # command is executed with Fail2Ban user rights. # Tags: See jail.conf(5) man page # Values: CMD # actionunban = IP=$(echo "<ip_value>" | sed 's/[][\.]/\\\0/g') && sed -i "/^<daemon_list>: $IP$/d" <file> [Init] # Option: file # Notes.: hosts.deny file path. # Values: STR Default: /etc/hosts.deny # file = /etc/hosts.deny # Option: daemon_list # Notes: The list of services that this action will deny. See the man page # for hosts.deny/hosts_access. Default is all services. # Values: STR Default: ALL daemon_list = ALL # internal variable IP (to differentiate the IPv4 and IPv6 syntax, where it is enclosed in brackets): ip_value = <ip> [Init?family=inet6] ip_value = [<ip>] Save