tomhendr/fail2ban — comment on commit f94a121663b631752dcb671114b4975f24886c5e
File: config/filter.d/recidive.conf line 25
By cepheid666:

I believe you've switched findtime and bantime (this line and next). findtime should be shorter than bantime. In the example given in the original issue 19, findtime is 1 day (86400) while bantime is 1 week (604800) ... they are switched here.