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>>jakels+(OP)
I don't think using key-based authentication for SSH and enabling Fail2ban is necessary. Fail2ban is only useful if you keep password authentication. But I might be wrong.

>>IlikeM+ik2
I should check my SSH logs.

My intuition is that since the SSH server reports what auth methods are available, once a bot sees that password auth is disabled, they will disconnect and not try again.

But I also know that bots can be dumb.