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 13:27:24 ftlogin2 sshd[10933]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:27:25 ftlogin2 sshd[10936]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:27:29 ftlogin2 sshd[10938]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:27:29 ftlogin2 sshd[10941]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:27:33 ftlogin2 sshd[10944]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:27:33 ftlogin2 sshd[10947]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:27:38 ftlogin2 sshd[10949]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:27:39 ftlogin2 sshd[10952]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye Jan 25 13:27:43 ftlogin2 sshd[10955]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 123.56.45.28 Jan 25 13:27:43 ftlogin2 sshd[10958]: Received disconnect from 123.56.45.28: 11: Bye Bye - Fail2ban on