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In the realm of server management, security is paramount. Regardless of the strength of your passwords or the robustness of your hardware, one common vulnerability continually threatens to be the chink in your armor: brute force attacks. These are attempts by malicious actors to gain unauthorized access by systematically checking all possible passwords until the correct one is found. Fortunately, there is a powerful tool available in the Linux ecosystem designed to protect against such threats: Fail2Ban. Fail2Ban is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks. It works by monitoring server logs (such as SSH, FTP, SMTP, and more) for signs of attempted unauthorized entries.