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Systems - Media Server - Secure the Server - Install fail2ban

Systems - Media Server - Secure the Server - Install fail2ban

Fail2ban is an intrusion prevention software framework.

It bans IP addresses conducting too many failed login attempts.

Update the system:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Install Fail2Ban

sudo apt install fail2ban

NOTE: For now, only the sshd service is monitored.

See Fail2Ban for optionally monitoring other services.

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