Hello Mark,
On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 11:30 -0400, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Aug 10 17:44:56 <my server> sshd[12350]: Connection from 114.113.199.142 port 511 871 Aug 10 17:44:57 <my server> sshd[12341]: Received disconnect from 114.113.199.144 2: 11: Bye Bye
I'm confused, what exactly is the problem? Fail2ban only triggers on "Failed password from" entries (assuming you use the default filter, and I don't suppose you want it to trigger on disconnects because that would ban legitimate hosts that connect frequently).
The above looks like someone connecting then disconnecting without even attempting a login.
Regards, Leonard.