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fail2ban is useful for things other than SSH - I've seen it deal handily with people probing our asterisk server.



agreed, you can set up fancy jails for people scanning other services too, someone who probes SMTP/POP/IMAP doesn't need to hit SIP and SSH. Depending on the scenario you could choose to say block an entire netblock from hitting ssh after a single offensive IP probes a few services. Even a 10min jail time will cause most attackers to give up and move along to their next victim (unless you're being targeted.)




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