Change Fail2ban Times

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So looking into attempts for sshd, I see the ban lasts about a day. Any way this can be changed?

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dbpurgeage in /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf

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Any plans to integrate that to a web UI options vs modifying files? And possibly being able to select a banned IP and extending the ban via the web UI? Im comfortable doing it, others may not :slight_smile:

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You might find this useful

(Are the default Fail2ban settings enough? What are the reccomendations?)

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Alright, I have implemented it in this commit:

In the future Webmin release it will be possible to set is as:

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Nevertheless, if I knew how much time and effort it would take to implement such a simple feature before starting doing it, I would probably not do it!

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If everything was as simple as it seems we would have no need for experts.

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Wow! Its refreshing to see any online community run with advice from its user base and implement it! <3