The IP 115.239.228.5 has just been banned by Fail2Ban after 18 attempts against SSH. Latest lines containing IP:115.239.228.5 in /var/log/syslog/sshd.log Jan 24 20:17:20 ftlogin2 sshd[9872]: Received disconnect from 115.239.228.5: 11: Bye Bye Jan 24 20:17:21 ftlogin2 sshd[9995]: Connection closed by 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:21 ftlogin2 sshd[9999]: Connection closed by 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:24 ftlogin2 sshd[10009]: Connection closed by 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:24 ftlogin2 sshd[9996]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:24 ftlogin2 sshd[10000]: Received disconnect from 115.239.228.5: 11: Bye Bye Jan 24 20:17:25 ftlogin2 sshd[10017]: Connection closed by 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:25 ftlogin2 sshd[10001]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:25 ftlogin2 sshd[10022]: Connection closed by 115.239.228.5 Jan 24 20:17:25 ftlogin2 sshd[10004]: Received disconnect from 115.239.228.5: 11: Bye Bye - Fail2ban on