The IP 115.231.222.42 has just been banned by Fail2Ban after 18 attempts against SSH. Latest lines containing IP:115.231.222.42 in /var/log/syslog/sshd.log Jan 18 14:32:57 ftlogin1 sshd[7631]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:57 ftlogin1 sshd[7632]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:58 ftlogin1 sshd[7646]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:58 ftlogin1 sshd[7650]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:58 ftlogin1 sshd[7633]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:58 ftlogin1 sshd[7654]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:58 ftlogin1 sshd[7584]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:59 ftlogin1 sshd[7595]: error: PAM: Authentication failure for root from 115.231.222.42 Jan 18 14:32:59 ftlogin1 sshd[7593]: Received disconnect from 115.231.222.42: 11: Bye Bye Jan 18 14:32:59 ftlogin1 sshd[7645]: Connection closed by 115.231.222.42 - Fail2ban on