Re: Re: Random people acessing
By: Nightfox to tracker1 on Sat Apr 30 2016 09:33 pm

Seems like that could add an unnecessary hassle, since most of these bots probably won't be able to do anything anyway (you probably don't have a user named 'root', and the commands they try to use won't do anything). Several years ago, I added a login matrix to my BBS, and I figure that should also keep most of the bots out since these bots don't know how to use a login matrix. I suppose that only works with telnet though; bots could still try to log in via SSH.

I have script kiddies who do get into my logon matrix and upload strange batch files in the sysop message option. They are stupidly written batches that look like a crude attempt to log into a remote FTP server. I am terrible at writing code but at least I know it's worthless batchfile programming

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Re: Re: Random people acessing
By: Nightfox to tracker1 on Sat Apr 30 2016 09:33 pm

Seems like that could add an unnecessary hassle, since most of these bots probably won't be able to do anything anyway (you probably don't have a user named 'root', and the commands they try to use won't do anything). Several years ago, I added a login matrix to my BBS, and I figure that should also keep most of the bots out since these bots don't know how to use a login matrix. I suppose that only works with telnet though; bots could still try to log in via SSH.

I have script kiddies who do get into my logon matrix and upload
strange batch files in the sysop message option. They are stupidly
written batches that look like a crude attempt to log into a remote FTP server. I am terrible at writing code but at least I know it's
worthless batchfile programming

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I think there are bots going crazy out there. In just over 1 month I've had over 261000 attacks to my system coming from about 135 individual systems. They are just hammering my stuff over and over. ~23 different countries. They seem to have port 6001 and 4444 open. I would love to hit these systems back but ... they could be someones compromised system, and its against the law where I'm at.

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Re: Re: Random people acessing
By: Jahmas to Nightfox on Wed Aug 10 2016 04:11 pm

batch files in the sysop message option. They are stupidly written batches that look like a crude attempt to log into a remote FTP server. I am terrible at writing code but at least I know it's worthless batchfile programming

it's not batchfile programming. they are scripted commands.
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Re: Re: Random people acessing
By: Nightfox to tracker1 on Sat Apr 30 2016 09:33 pm

Seems like that could add an unnecessary hassle, since most of these bots probably won't be able to do anything anyway (you probably don't have a user named 'root', and the commands they try to use won't do anything). Several years ago, I added a login matrix to my BBS, and I figure that should also keep most of the bots out since these bots don't know how to use a login matrix. I suppose that only works with telnet though; bots could still try to log in via SSH.

I have script kiddies who do get into my logon matrix and upload
strange batch files in the sysop message option. They are stupidly
written batches that look like a crude attempt to log into a remote FTP server. I am terrible at writing code but at least I know it's
worthless batchfile programming

I think there are bots going crazy out there. In just over 1 month I've had over 261000 attacks to my system coming from about 135 individual systems. They are just hammering my stuff over and over. ~23 different countries. They seem to have port 6001 and 4444 open. I would love to
hit these systems back but ... they could be someones compromised
system, and its against the law where I'm at.

Heh, try dealing with hundreds of servers every day for a living.

I was so thankful when I was able to move my companies machines to private IPs behind a router. At one point I had over 200 machines on public IPs. managing them was a
bleedin' nightmare.


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War Ensemble BBS
warensemble.com

... Me no wanna goto work. Me wanna bang on keyboard!
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