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sudo apt install fail2ban
```
1. We don't want to edit `/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf` or `/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf` because a future update may overwrite those so we'll create a local copy instead. Add this to `/etc/fail2ban/jail.local` after replacing `[LAN SEGMENT]` and `[your email]` with the appropriate values:
1. We don't want to edit `/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf` or `/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf` because a future update may overwrite those so we'll create a local copy instead. Create the file `/etc/fail2ban/jail.local` and add this to it after replacing `[LAN SEGMENT]` and `[your email]` with the appropriate values:
```
[DEFAULT]
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**Note**: Your server will need to be able to send e-mails so Fail2ban can let you know of suspicious activity and when it banned an IP.
1. We need to create a jail for `ssh` that tells `fail2ban` to look at `ssh` logs and use `ufw` to ban/unban IPs as needed. Create a jail for `ssh` by adding this to `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/ssh.local`:
1. We need to create a jail for `ssh` that tells `fail2ban` to look at `ssh` logs and use `ufw` to ban/unban IPs as needed. Create a jail for `ssh` by creating the file `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/ssh.local` and adding this to it:
```
[sshd]
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description=This opens up the TLS port 465 for use with SMPT to send e-mails.
ports=465/tcp
EOF
ufw allow out smtptls comment 'open TLS port 465 for use with SMPT to send e-mails'
sudo ufw allow out smtptls comment 'open TLS port 465 for use with SMPT to send e-mails'
```
1. Add some mail aliases so we can send e-mails to local accounts by adding lines like this to `/etc/aliases`: