= Message Types for fail2ban-p2p =
General: messages are sent as JSON

== Type 1: Attack message ==
Message that is send to notify friends about the IPs of attackers.

{
    "msg": {
        "hops": [
            "hop1",
            "hop2"
        ],
        "msgType": 1,
        "parameter": {
            "AttackerIP": "1.2.3.4",
            "Timestamp": "1363279754",
            "Trustlevel": "80"
        },
        
    },
    "protocolVersion": 2
    "signature": "foo"
}

The parameters AttackerIP and Timestamp are MANDATORY!

== Type 2: Dumprequest / Direct output ==
Message send to neighbors to request a dump of all known attackmessages
for a given Timeframe. Will return a json encoded list of all banned ips.

{
    "msg": {
        "hops": [
            "local"
        ],
        "msgType": 2,
        "parameter": {
            "TimeFrame": "3600"
        },
    },
    "protocolVersion": 2
    "signature": "foo"
}

TimeFrame is mandatory.

== Type 3: Dumprequest / Send normal ban messages to sender of this message ==
Message send to friend to trigger sending ban messages for all ips in
banlist for a given Timeframe. This can be used to pull banlists when a node
is started up.

{
    "msg": {
        "hops": [
            "local"
        ],
        "msgType": 3,
        "parameter": {
            "TimeFrame": "3600"
        },
    },
    "protocolVersion": 2
    "signature": "foo"
}

TimeFrame is mandatory.