[root@Centos6 ~]# rpm -ivh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.cINFQK: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:epel-release           ########################################### [100%]
[root@Centos6 ~]# yum install fail2ban
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
epel/metalink                                                                                                                                   | 2.2 kB     00:00    
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=extras error was
12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=extras: (28, '')
 * base: mirror.neu.edu.cn
 * epel: mirror01.idc.hinet.net
 * extras: mirror.neu.edu.cn
 * updates: mirror.neu.edu.cn
base                                                                                                                                            | 3.7 kB     00:00    
epel                                                                                                                                            | 4.0 kB     00:01    
epel/primary_db                                                                                                                                 | 3.5 MB     00:27    
extras                                                                                                                                          | 3.5 kB     00:00    
updates                                                                                                                                         | 3.5 kB     00:00    
updates/primary_db                                                                                                                              | 1.7 MB     00:03    
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package fail2ban.noarch 0:0.8.4-24.el6 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: shorewall for package: fail2ban-0.8.4-24.el6.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: gamin-python for package: fail2ban-0.8.4-24.el6.noarch
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gamin-python.i686 0:0.1.10-9.el6 set to be updated
---> Package shorewall.noarch 0:4.4.23.3-1.el6 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=======================================================================================================================================================================
 Package                                    Arch                                 Version                                      Repository                          Size
=======================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 fail2ban                                   noarch                               0.8.4-24.el6                                 epel                               125 k
Installing for dependencies:
 gamin-python                               i686                                 0.1.10-9.el6                                 base                                33 k
 shorewall                                  noarch                               4.4.23.3-1.el6                               epel                               541 k

Transaction Summary
=======================================================================================================================================================================
Install       3 Package(s)
Upgrade       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 699 k
Installed size: 2.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): fail2ban-0.8.4-24.el6.noarch.rpm                                                                                                         | 125 kB     00:00    
(2/3): gamin-python-0.1.10-9.el6.i686.rpm                                                                                                       |  33 kB     00:00    
(3/3): shorewall-4.4.23.3-1.el6.noarch.rpm                                                                                                      | 541 kB     00:01    
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                                                                  253 kB/s | 699 kB     00:02    
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
epel/gpgkey                                                                                                                                     | 3.2 kB     00:00 ...
Importing GPG key 0x0608B895 "EPEL (6) " from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum.
  Installing     : shorewall-4.4.23.3-1.el6.noarch                                                                                                                 1/3
  Installing     : gamin-python-0.1.10-9.el6.i686                                                                                                                  2/3
  Installing     : fail2ban-0.8.4-24.el6.noarch                                                                                                                    3/3

Installed:
  fail2ban.noarch 0:0.8.4-24.el6                                                                                                                                      

Dependency Installed:
  gamin-python.i686 0:0.1.10-9.el6                                                  shorewall.noarch 0:4.4.23.3-1.el6                                                

Complete!
[root@Centos6 ~]# service fail2ban start
Starting fail2ban:                                         [  OK  ]
      
[root@Centos6 ~]# cd /etc/fail2ban/
[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# ls
action.d  fail2ban.conf  filter.d  jail.conf
[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# cat fail2ban.conf
# Fail2Ban configuration file
#
# Author: Cyril Jaquier
#
# $Revision: 629 $
#

[Definition]

# Option:  loglevel
# Notes.:  Set the log level output.
#          1 = ERROR
#          2 = WARN
#          3 = INFO
#          4 = DEBUG
# Values:  NUM  Default:  3
#
loglevel = 3

# Option:  logtarget
# Notes.:  Set the log target. This could be a file, SYSLOG, STDERR or STDOUT.
#          Only one log target can be specified.
# Values:  STDOUT STDERR SYSLOG file  Default:  /var/log/fail2ban.log
#
logtarget = SYSLOG

# Option: socket
# Notes.: Set the socket file. This is used to communicate with the daemon. Do
#         not remove this file when Fail2ban runs. It will not be possible to
#         communicate with the server afterwards.
# Values: FILE  Default:  /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock
#
socket = /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock

[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# ls
action.d  fail2ban.conf  filter.d  jail.conf
[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# cat jail.conf
# Fail2Ban configuration file
#
# Author: Cyril Jaquier
#
# $Revision: 747 $
#

# The DEFAULT allows a global definition of the options. They can be override
# in each jail afterwards.

[DEFAULT]

# "ignoreip" can be an IP address, a CIDR mask or a DNS host. Fail2ban will not
# ban a host which matches an address in this list. Several addresses can be
# defined using space separator.
ignoreip = 127.0.0.1

# "bantime" is the number of seconds that a host is banned.
bantime  = 600

# A host is banned if it has generated "maxretry" during the last "findtime"
# seconds.
findtime  = 600

# "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned.
maxretry = 3

# "backend" specifies the backend used to get files modification. Available
# options are "gamin", "polling" and "auto". This option can be overridden in
# each jail too (use "gamin" for a jail and "polling" for another).
#
# gamin:   requires Gamin (a file alteration monitor) to be installed. If Gamin
#          is not installed, Fail2ban will use polling.
# polling: uses a polling algorithm which does not require external libraries.
# auto:    will choose Gamin if available and polling otherwise.
backend = auto


# This jail corresponds to the standard configuration in Fail2ban 0.6.
# The mail-whois action send a notification e-mail with a whois request
# in the body.

[ssh-iptables]

enabled  = true
filter   = sshd
action   = iptables[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp]
           sendmail-whois[name=SSH, dest=root, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/secure
maxretry = 5

[proftpd-iptables]

enabled  = false
filter   = proftpd
action   = iptables[name=ProFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp]
           sendmail-whois[name=ProFTPD, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log
maxretry = 6

# This jail forces the backend to "polling".

[sasl-iptables]

enabled  = false
filter   = sasl
backend  = polling
action   = iptables[name=sasl, port=smtp, protocol=tcp]
           sendmail-whois[name=sasl, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

# Here we use TCP-Wrappers instead of Netfilter/Iptables. "ignoreregex" is
# used to avoid banning the user "myuser".

[ssh-tcpwrapper]

enabled     = false
filter      = sshd
action      = hostsdeny
              sendmail-whois[name=SSH, [email protected]]
ignoreregex = for myuser from
logpath     = /var/log/sshd.log

# This jail demonstrates the use of wildcards in "logpath".
# Moreover, it is possible to give other files on a new line.

[apache-tcpwrapper]

enabled  = false
filter   = apache-auth
action   = hostsdeny
logpath  = /var/log/apache*/*error.log
           /home/www/myhomepage/error.log
maxretry = 6

# The hosts.deny path can be defined with the "file" argument if it is
# not in /etc.

[postfix-tcpwrapper]

enabled  = false
filter   = postfix
action   = hostsdeny[file=/not/a/standard/path/hosts.deny]
           sendmail[name=Postfix, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/postfix.log
bantime  = 300

# Do not ban anybody. Just report information about the remote host.
# A notification is sent at most every 600 seconds (bantime).

[vsftpd-notification]

enabled  = false
filter   = vsftpd
action   = sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/vsftpd.log
maxretry = 5
bantime  = 1800

# Same as above but with banning the IP address.

[vsftpd-iptables]

enabled  = false
filter   = vsftpd
action   = iptables[name=VSFTPD, port=ftp, protocol=tcp]
           sendmail-whois[name=VSFTPD, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/vsftpd.log
maxretry = 5
bantime  = 1800

# Ban hosts which agent identifies spammer robots crawling the web
# for email addresses. The mail outputs are buffered.

[apache-badbots]

enabled  = false
filter   = apache-badbots
action   = iptables-multiport[name=BadBots, port="http,https"]
           sendmail-buffered[name=BadBots, lines=5, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/www/*/logs/access_log
bantime  = 172800
maxretry = 1

# Use shorewall instead of iptables.

[apache-shorewall]

enabled  = false
filter   = apache-noscript
action   = shorewall
           sendmail[name=Postfix, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/apache2/error_log

# Ban attackers that try to use PHP's URL-fopen() functionality
# through GET/POST variables. - Experimental, with more than a year
# of usage in production environments.

[php-url-fopen]

enabled = false
port    = http,https
filter  = php-url-fopen
logpath = /var/www/*/logs/access_log
maxretry = 1

# A simple PHP-fastcgi jail which works with lighttpd.
# If you run a lighttpd server, then you probably will
# find these kinds of messages in your error_log:
# ALERT – tried to register forbidden variable ‘GLOBALS’
# through GET variables (attacker '1.2.3.4', file '/var/www/default/htdocs/index.php')
# This jail would block the IP 1.2.3.4.

[lighttpd-fastcgi]

enabled = false
port    = http,https
filter  = lighttpd-fastcgi
# adapt the following two items as needed
logpath = /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
maxretry = 2

# This jail uses ipfw, the standard firewall on FreeBSD. The "ignoreip"
# option is overridden in this jail. Moreover, the action "mail-whois" defines
# the variable "name" which contains a comma using "". The characters '' are
# valid too.

[ssh-ipfw]

enabled  = false
filter   = sshd
action   = ipfw[localhost=192.168.0.1]
           sendmail-whois[name="SSH,IPFW", [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/auth.log
ignoreip = 168.192.0.1

# These jails block attacks against named (bind9). By default, logging is off
# with bind9 installation. You will need something like this:
#
# logging {
#     channel security_file {
#         file "/var/log/named/security.log" versions 3 size 30m;
#         severity dynamic;
#         print-time yes;
#     };
#     category security {
#         security_file;
#     };
# };
#
# in your named.conf to provide proper logging.
# This jail blocks UDP traffic for DNS requests.

[named-refused-udp]

enabled  = false
filter   = named-refused
action   = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=udp]
           sendmail-whois[name=Named, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/named/security.log
ignoreip = 168.192.0.1

# This jail blocks TCP traffic for DNS requests.

[named-refused-tcp]

enabled  = false
filter   = named-refused
action   = iptables-multiport[name=Named, port="domain,953", protocol=tcp]
           sendmail-whois[name=Named, [email protected]]
logpath  = /var/log/named/security.log
ignoreip = 168.192.0.1

[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# service fail2ban status
Fail2ban (pid 2226) is running...
Status
|- Number of jail:      1
`- Jail list:           ssh-iptables
[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# cat /var/log/
anaconda.log          ConsoleKit/           sa/
anaconda.program.log  cron                  samba/
anaconda.storage.log  cron-20120211         secure
anaconda.syslog       dmesg                 secure-20120211
anaconda.xlog         dmesg.old             spooler
anaconda.yum.log      lastlog               spooler-20120211
audit/                maillog               tallylog
boot.log              maillog-20120211      wtmp
boot.log-20120211     messages              yum.log
btmp                  messages-20120211     yum.log-20120211
btmp-20120211         prelink/             

[root@Centos6 fail2ban]# iptables -L -vxn
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 195 packets, 14960 bytes)
    pkts      bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination        
     195    14960 fail2ban-SSH  tcp  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:22

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
    pkts      bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination        

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 157 packets, 23536 bytes)
    pkts      bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination        

Chain fail2ban-SSH (1 references)
    pkts      bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination        
     195    14960 RETURN     all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0          
[root@Centos6 fail2ban]#