Hi Maykel, I don't use fail2ban, but I've just skimmed https://fail2ban.readthedocs.io/en/latest/filters.html#developing-filter-regular-expressions You may find the ‘debuggex’ reference useful. > failregex = Unknown User .* \(<HOST>:.*\) ... > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) ... > Date template hits: > |- [# of hits] date format > | [6] {^LN-BEG}24hour:Minute:Second I take that to mean it was happy with the timestamp. > failregex = Unknown User .* \(<HOST>:.*\) How about failregex = ^\S+: Unknown User .* \(<HOST>\)$ -- Cheers, Ralph.