<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:44:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/fail2ban/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fail2Ban (to block hammering IPs automatically)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone's knocking on the door! Over the past week, I had my Friendica instance hammered by login attempts and bad bots. 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It's linked here below, where you can read about it more if needs be: Here's my method for making use of the role, which is within the context]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@countelmsley/installing-fail2ban-with-an-ansible-role-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@countelmsley/installing-fail2ban-with-an-ansible-role-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver</guid><category><![CDATA[linux]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[countelmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 12:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJ8hj45crkzT91Ci?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Installing Fail2ban with Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preamble This is a very short post covering a rudimentary Ansible playbook (if you can even call it one) that contains tasks for installing Fail2ban in a straightforward manner. 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