The IP 123.56.45.28 has just been banned by Fail2Ban after 18 attempts against SSH. Latest lines containing IP:123.56.45.28 in /var/log/syslog/sshd.log Jan 25 13:26:16 ftlogin1 sshd[28781]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:26:17 ftlogin1 sshd[28784]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:26:21 ftlogin1 sshd[28786]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:26:21 ftlogin1 sshd[28789]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:26:25 ftlogin1 sshd[28906]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:26:26 ftlogin1 sshd[28909]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:26:30 ftlogin1 sshd[28912]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:26:30 ftlogin1 sshd[28915]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:26:34 ftlogin1 sshd[28917]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:26:34 ftlogin1 sshd[28920]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye - Fail2ban on