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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
/etc/apf/glob_allow.rules isn't the right place to do this. That is a <br>
rule-file that is downloaded from an external URL. See "Server <br>
Management" / "Security" / "APF" and then in the "External <br>
Resources"-tab expand "Own Remote Rules". There you could specify an URL <br>
to a remote glob_allow.rules and glob_deny.rules file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That is probably why it doesn’t work.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">😊</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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If the feature "Own Remote Rules" isn't enabled (which it usually <br>
isn't), then /etc/apf/glob_allow.rules is wiped clean on each APF <br>
restart. So that's why your changes didn't stick.<br>
<br>
The one you're really looking for is this:<br>
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/etc/apf/allow_hosts.rules<br>
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Which you can also edit via the GUI in APF's "Whitelist"-tab.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is what I have always done in the past but in this case it doesn’t stick. Not sure why. This is the latest version of APF and Fail2ban. Will try again adding manually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To close the SSH port (except for specifically whitelisted IPs) go to <br>
APF's "Ports" tab and remove port 22 from the list of open TCP ports and <br>
save the changes.<br>
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That should do it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks – I will try that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Colin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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