sshguard is amazing, I routinely install it on any new servers. It comes with the standard Debian and derivatives' repositories. After installation, simply typ

sshguard is amazing, I routinely install it on any new servers. It comes with the standard Debian and derivatives' repositories. After installation, simply type: $ sudo apt-get -y install sshguard And then edit the whitelist to include your local IP if you want; $ sudo vim /etc/sshguard/whitelist $ sudo service sshguard restart