inital fail2ban addition

config/fail2ban/jail.local

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+[DEFAULT]
+# External command that will take an tagged arguments to ignore, e.g. <ip>,
+# and return true if the IP is to be ignored. False otherwise.
+#
+# ignorecommand = /path/to/command <ip>
+ignorecommand =
+
+# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
+bantime  = 10m
+
+# A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime"
+# seconds.
+findtime  = 10m
+
+# "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned.
+maxretry = 5
+
+backend = auto
+
+
+
+#
+# ACTIONS
+#
+
+# Some options used for actions
+
+# Destination email address used solely for the interpolations in
+# jail.{conf,local,d/*} configuration files.
+destemail = root@localhost
+
+# Sender email address used solely for some actions
+sender = root@<fq-hostname>
+
+# E-mail action. Since 0.8.1 Fail2Ban uses sendmail MTA for the
+# mailing. Change mta configuration parameter to mail if you want to
+# revert to conventional 'mail'.
+mta = sendmail
+
+# Default protocol
+protocol = tcp
+
+# Specify chain where jumps would need to be added in ban-actions expecting parameter chain
+chain = <known/chain>
+
+# Format of user-agent https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.5.3
+fail2ban_agent = Fail2Ban/%(fail2ban_version)s
+
+#
+# Action shortcuts. To be used to define action parameter
+
+banaction = ufw
+banaction_allports = ufw