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  • Synchronet time on with no logons

    From Nightfox@VERT to All on Wed Sep 28 17:04:48 2016
    Occasionally I check my BBS's web interface, and often I notice that there
    has been time recorded on my BBS for the day, even though there have been no logons for the day. For instance, today the "Time On" says 61 minutes and there have been 0 logons. I'm not concerned, I'm just curious how there can
    be time used on the BBS for the day when there have not been any logons?
    Does Synchronet record time used when hackers are doing a dictionary attack
    to try to log in?

    Nightfox

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  • From Al@VERT to Nightfox on Wed Sep 28 17:51:43 2016
    Re: Synchronet time on with no logons
    By: Nightfox to All on Wed Sep 28 2016 05:04 pm

    Occasionally I check my BBS's web interface, and often I notice that there has been time recorded on my BBS for the day, even though there have been no logons for the day. For instance, today the "Time On" says 61 minutes and there have been 0 logons. I'm not concerned, I'm just curious how there can be time used on the BBS for the day when there have not been any logons? Does Synchronet record time used when hackers are doing a dictionary attack to try to log in?

    I see this too. I am guessing but I think this must be ftp or http guest logins.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Nightfox on Mon Oct 3 22:18:41 2016
    Re: Synchronet time on with no logons
    By: Nightfox to All on Wed Sep 28 2016 05:04 pm

    Occasionally I check my BBS's web interface, and often I notice that there has been time recorded on my BBS for the day, even though there have been no logons for the day. For instance, today the "Time On" says 61 minutes and there have been 0 logons. I'm not concerned, I'm just curious how there can be time used on the BBS for the day when there have not been any logons? Does Synchronet record time used when hackers are doing a dictionary attack to try to log in?

    Time spent at the login prompt, creating a new user account, etc. is counted in the "time today" statistic.

    digital man

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  • From Nightfox@VERT to Digital Man on Tue Oct 4 09:24:24 2016
    Time spent at the login prompt, creating a new user account, etc. is counted in the "time today" statistic.

    I see, thanks.

    Nightfox

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