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fail2ban has banned my Ip but I can still login using SSH



2019 Community Moderator Electionfail2ban works fine on bad SSH attempts, but fails on bad Apache2 attemptsHow can I teach fail2ban to detect and block attacks from a whole subnet?Server login attempts NOT blocked after configuring fail2banfail2ban ip blocked, yet still login attemptsWhy fail2ban doesn't put some IP address in jailfail2ban is running but no fail2ban.log log file exists for itFail2ban: cannot change default chainFail2Ban fails to start on CentOS 7Fail2ban is started but am not seeing any activity on journalctlfail2ban keeps saying already banned but it didnt actually ban










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I done a fresh new install of fail2ban on a Debian 9.8



I copied /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf as jail.local.



And in my jail.local in added enabled=true under [ssh]



Tailing fail2ban's log I can see what happens when I try to login to SSH using a wrong username/password pair



2019-03-13 17:03:55,751 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
2019-03-13 17:03:55,753 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
2019-03-13 17:03:57,534 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
2019-03-13 17:04:00,630 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
2019-03-13 17:04:00,633 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
2019-03-13 17:04:00,635 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] Ban 192.168.229.1


I supposed it was ok, but I can still try to login. I got



2019-03-13 17:07:59,245 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] 192.168.229.1 already banned


And I see my Ip into iptables



 sudo iptables-save | grep 192.
-A f2b-sshd -s 192.168.229.1/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable


So, why I can still try to login? I can also, of course, do a successful login using right name/pwd pair.



I am using the port 26522 instead of standard 22 for ssh. Must I precise it in someway?










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    I done a fresh new install of fail2ban on a Debian 9.8



    I copied /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf as jail.local.



    And in my jail.local in added enabled=true under [ssh]



    Tailing fail2ban's log I can see what happens when I try to login to SSH using a wrong username/password pair



    2019-03-13 17:03:55,751 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
    2019-03-13 17:03:55,753 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
    2019-03-13 17:03:57,534 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
    2019-03-13 17:04:00,630 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
    2019-03-13 17:04:00,633 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
    2019-03-13 17:04:00,635 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] Ban 192.168.229.1


    I supposed it was ok, but I can still try to login. I got



    2019-03-13 17:07:59,245 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] 192.168.229.1 already banned


    And I see my Ip into iptables



     sudo iptables-save | grep 192.
    -A f2b-sshd -s 192.168.229.1/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable


    So, why I can still try to login? I can also, of course, do a successful login using right name/pwd pair.



    I am using the port 26522 instead of standard 22 for ssh. Must I precise it in someway?










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      I done a fresh new install of fail2ban on a Debian 9.8



      I copied /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf as jail.local.



      And in my jail.local in added enabled=true under [ssh]



      Tailing fail2ban's log I can see what happens when I try to login to SSH using a wrong username/password pair



      2019-03-13 17:03:55,751 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:03:55,753 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:03:57,534 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,630 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,633 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,635 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] Ban 192.168.229.1


      I supposed it was ok, but I can still try to login. I got



      2019-03-13 17:07:59,245 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] 192.168.229.1 already banned


      And I see my Ip into iptables



       sudo iptables-save | grep 192.
      -A f2b-sshd -s 192.168.229.1/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable


      So, why I can still try to login? I can also, of course, do a successful login using right name/pwd pair.



      I am using the port 26522 instead of standard 22 for ssh. Must I precise it in someway?










      share|improve this question














      I done a fresh new install of fail2ban on a Debian 9.8



      I copied /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf as jail.local.



      And in my jail.local in added enabled=true under [ssh]



      Tailing fail2ban's log I can see what happens when I try to login to SSH using a wrong username/password pair



      2019-03-13 17:03:55,751 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:03:55,753 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:03:57,534 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,630 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,633 fail2ban.filter [3328]: INFO [sshd] Found 192.168.229.1
      2019-03-13 17:04:00,635 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] Ban 192.168.229.1


      I supposed it was ok, but I can still try to login. I got



      2019-03-13 17:07:59,245 fail2ban.actions [3328]: NOTICE [sshd] 192.168.229.1 already banned


      And I see my Ip into iptables



       sudo iptables-save | grep 192.
      -A f2b-sshd -s 192.168.229.1/32 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable


      So, why I can still try to login? I can also, of course, do a successful login using right name/pwd pair.



      I am using the port 26522 instead of standard 22 for ssh. Must I precise it in someway?







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          The reason was the port.




          I changed into my jail.local, inside the section [sshd] the port



          port = ssh


          into



          port = 26522


          And reloaded



          sudo /etc/init.d/fail2ban reload


          It worked immediately !






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            The reason was the port.




            I changed into my jail.local, inside the section [sshd] the port



            port = ssh


            into



            port = 26522


            And reloaded



            sudo /etc/init.d/fail2ban reload


            It worked immediately !






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              The reason was the port.




              I changed into my jail.local, inside the section [sshd] the port



              port = ssh


              into



              port = 26522


              And reloaded



              sudo /etc/init.d/fail2ban reload


              It worked immediately !






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                The reason was the port.




                I changed into my jail.local, inside the section [sshd] the port



                port = ssh


                into



                port = 26522


                And reloaded



                sudo /etc/init.d/fail2ban reload


                It worked immediately !






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                The reason was the port.




                I changed into my jail.local, inside the section [sshd] the port



                port = ssh


                into



                port = 26522


                And reloaded



                sudo /etc/init.d/fail2ban reload


                It worked immediately !







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