The IP 193.107.17.72 has just been banned by Fail2Ban after 18 attempts against SSH. Latest lines containing IP:193.107.17.72 in /var/log/syslog/sshd.log Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13664]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 193.107.17.72 port 11973 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13670]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 193.107.17.72 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13670]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 193.107.17.72 port 12057 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13673]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 193.107.17.72 port 12014 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13675]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 193.107.17.72 port 11973 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13674]: Postponed keyboard-interactive for root from 193.107.17.72 port 12057 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13656]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 193.107.17.72 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13656]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 193.107.17.72 port 11899 ssh2 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13655]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 193.107.17.72 Jan 26 18:25:09 ftlogin1 sshd[13655]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for root from 193.107.17.72 port 11882 ssh2 - Fail2ban on