I just installed this and configured it on my FC7 server based on the write-up on here. This is my jail.conf file: Code: # Fail2Ban configuration file # # Author: Cyril Jaquier # # $Revision: 617 $ # # 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 = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.150 192.168.1.110 65.24.28.114 # "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned. bantime = 600 # A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime" # seconds. findtime = 600 # "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=root, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/secure maxretry = 5 [proftpd-iptables] enabled = true filter = proftpd action = iptables[name=ProFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=ProFTPD, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log maxretry = 6 # This jail forces the backend to "polling". [sasl-iptables] enabled = true filter = sasl backend = polling action = iptables[name=sasl, port=smtp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=sasl, [email protected]] 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, [email protected]] 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 = true filter = apache-auth action = hostsdeny logpath = /var/log/apache*/*error.log /home/www/myhomepage/error.log maxretry = 6 # The hosts.deny path can be defined with the "file" argument if it is # not in /etc. [postfix-tcpwrapper] enabled = true filter = postfix action = hostsdeny[file=/not/a/standard/path/hosts.deny] sendmail[name=Postfix, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/postfix.log bantime = 300 # Do not ban anybody. Just report information about the remote host. # A notification is sent at most every 600 seconds (bantime). [vsftpd-notification] enabled = true filter = vsftpd action = sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/vsftpd.log maxretry = 5 bantime = 1800 # Same as above but with banning the IP address. [vsftpd-iptables] enabled = true filter = vsftpd action = iptables[name=VSFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, [email protected]] 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 = true filter = apache-badbots action = iptables-multiport[name=BadBots, port="http,https"] sendmail-buffered[name=BadBots, lines=5, [email protected]] logpath = /var/www/*/logs/access_log bantime = 172800 maxretry = 1 # Use shorewall instead of iptables. [apache-shorewall] enabled = true filter = apache-noscript action = shorewall sendmail[name=Postfix, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/apache2/error_log # 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 = true filter = sshd action = ipfw[localhost=192.168.0.1] sendmail-whois[name="SSH,IPFW", [email protected]] 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 = true filter = named-refused action = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=udp] sendmail-whois[name=Named, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/named/security.log ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 # This jail blocks TCP traffic for DNS requests. [named-refused-tcp] enabled = true filter = named-refused action = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=Named, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/named/security.log ignoreip = 168.192.0.1 I am tailing my /var/log/messages log and i can see someone constantly trying to log into via FTP, but when I look at the fail2ban logs, I don't see anything trying to stop them. Code: [root@ns1 ~]# tail -f /var/log/fail2ban.log Fail2Ban" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f <sender> <dest> 2008-10-13 22:31:13,601 fail2ban.actions.action: INFO Set actionStart = printf %b "Subject: [Fail2Ban] <name>: started From: Fail2Ban <<sender>> To: <dest>\n Hi,\n The jail <name> has been started successfully.\n Regards,\n Fail2Ban" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f <sender> <dest> 2008-10-13 22:31:13,605 fail2ban.actions.action: INFO Set actionUnban = 2008-10-13 22:31:13,608 fail2ban.actions.action: INFO Set actionCheck = Is my config not set up correctly?
Pretty sure you have to change the config depending on the distro you are using. Not sure if your FC is the same as my centos 5, but my log I'm using for checking ftp connections is /var/log/secure, but you currently have it to check /var/log/proftp/proftpd.log I'm not saying what you have is wrong but check your logs to make sure that matches. The other thing to check is the proftp filter in your /etc/fail2ban directory. The actual filter may not be correct to match the log entry.
Here is my ProFTPD reged: Code: failregex = \(\S+\[<HOST>\]\)[: -]+ USER \S+: no such user found from \S+ \[[0-9.]+\] to \S+:\S+$ \(\S+\[<HOST>\]\)[: -]+ USER \S+ \(Login failed\): Incorrect password\.$ \(\S+\[<HOST>\]\)[: -]+ SECURITY VIOLATION: \S+ login attempted\.$ \(\S+\[<HOST>\]\)[: -]+ Maximum login attempts \(\d+\) exceeded$ and here is an example from /var/log/secure: Code: Oct 15 00:35:50 ns1 proftpd[15941]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - USER web3_cfcodin: no such user found from ::ffff:65.24.28.114 [::ffff:65.24.28.114] to ::ffff:192.168.1.150:21 Oct 15 00:35:53 ns1 proftpd[15941]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - FTP session closed. Oct 15 00:35:55 ns1 proftpd[15945]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - USER web3_cfcodin: no such user found from ::ffff:65.24.28.114 [::ffff:65.24.28.114] to ::ffff:192.168.1.150:21 Oct 15 00:35:57 ns1 proftpd[15945]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - FTP session closed. Oct 15 00:36:00 ns1 proftpd[15946]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - USER web3_cfcodin: no such user found from ::ffff:65.24.28.114 [::ffff:65.24.28.114] to ::ffff:192.168.1.150:21 Oct 15 00:36:03 ns1 proftpd[15946]: ns1.cfcoding.com (::ffff:65.24.28.114[::ffff:65.24.28.114]) - FTP session closed. I tried to fail login, but it didn't block me. Here is my log for fail2ban: Code: 2008-10-15 00:30:24,783 fail2ban.actions.action: INFO Set actionCheck = 2008-10-15 00:30:25,706 fail2ban.actions.action: ERROR iptables -N fail2ban-SSH iptables -A fail2ban-SSH -j RETURN iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j fail2ban-SSH returned 400 2008-10-15 00:30:25,708 fail2ban.actions.action: ERROR iptables -N fail2ban-VSFTPD iptables -A fail2ban-VSFTPD -j RETURN iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport ftp -j fail2ban-VSFTPD returned 400 2008-10-15 00:30:25,831 fail2ban.actions.action: ERROR iptables -N fail2ban-ProFTPD iptables -A fail2ban-ProFTPD -j RETURN iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport ftp -j fail2ban-ProFTPD returned 400
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Use /var/log/secure: Code: [proftpd-iptables] enabled = true filter = proftpd action = iptables[name=ProFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp] sendmail-whois[name=ProFTPD, [email protected]] logpath = /var/log/secure maxretry = 6
