https://alvex.biz/tags/fail2ban/ Recent content in Fail2ban on David Brelkov Hugo en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alvex.biz/posts/server-security/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alvex.biz/posts/server-security/ <h2 id="the-reality-of-running-a-server-in-2026">The Reality of Running a Server in 2026</h2> <p>I am a developer based in Ukraine running my own VPS server. Within minutes of putting a server online, automated attacks begin. This is not theory — today I found 36 failed login attempts and 3 malicious IP addresses already blocked.</p> <h2 id="what-is-fail2ban">What Is Fail2ban?</h2> <p>Fail2ban is a free open source security tool that monitors your server logs in real time. If any IP address fails to login too many times, it gets automatically banned.</p>