The thing about fail2ban is that it's only affective against automated scans and script kiddies, and if you keep things updated and configured correctly then they aren't a threat. Any adversary that can break encryption or exploit a zero day can also get around fail2ban.
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
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