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  • Anti-hacking features in 3.17

    From Deepthaw@VERT/DS94 to All on Tue Jul 11 08:28:16 2017
    I've seen discussion of anti-hacking measures and improved automatic blocking implemented in 3.17.

    Do I need to take any measures on my end to enable these or are they turned on by default?

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Deepthaw on Tue Jul 11 12:02:24 2017
    Re: Anti-hacking features in 3.17
    By: Deepthaw to All on Tue Jul 11 2017 08:28 am

    I've seen discussion of anti-hacking measures and improved automatic blocking implemented in 3.17.

    Do I need to take any measures on my end to enable these or are they turned on by default?

    MaxConcurrentConnetions is disabled by default. For more info, see:

    http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers http://wiki.synchro.net/config:sbbs.ini

    digital man

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Deepthaw on Tue Jul 11 17:29:12 2017
    Re: Anti-hacking features in 3.17
    By: Deepthaw to All on Tue Jul 11 2017 08:28:16

    I've seen discussion of anti-hacking measures and improved automatic blocking implemented in 3.17.

    Do I need to take any measures on my end to enable these or are they turned on by default?

    They are on by default, but you can tweak around with them to make them more or less strict.

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Deepthaw on Tue Jul 11 17:30:20 2017
    Re: Anti-hacking features in 3.17
    By: Digital Man to Deepthaw on Tue Jul 11 2017 12:02:24

    Do I need to take any measures on my end to enable these or are they
    turned on by default?

    MaxConcurrentConnetions is disabled by default. For more info, see:

    oops, disregard my post about default.. I had a lot going on at once when I was upgrading plus merging my system to a different OS.

    tend to forget a lot.

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  • From Lith@VERT/ASIRTA to Digital Man on Tue Jul 11 17:27:45 2017
    I saw on bbs.a2k.org (vadv bbs) when you initially connect, there is a prompt that says:
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    Code: 12345
    Enter the above code to continue:
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    I thought this was an innovative way to keep out those bots that logon with the guest account all the time.

    Lith,

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to KK4QBN on Tue Jul 11 22:39:00 2017
    Tim,

    tend to forget a lot.

    Three things fail when you get older. The first is memory... ... ...
    ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

    Darn!! I forgot the other two!! <G>

    Daryl

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Lith on Wed Jul 12 07:17:43 2017
    Re: Anti-hacking features in 3.17
    By: Lith to Digital Man on Tue Jul 11 2017 17:27:45

    I saw on bbs.a2k.org (vadv bbs) when you initially connect, there is a prompt that says:
    -----
    Code: 12345
    Enter the above code to continue:
    -----

    I'm sure you can do this in either your login, or logon js. before the login stuff.. if not, a matrix login would help too..

    but after a few months of harvesting IPS, most my nodes stay clear of bots now..

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Daryl Stout on Wed Jul 12 07:18:56 2017
    Re: Anti-hacking features in
    By: Daryl Stout to KK4QBN on Tue Jul 11 2017 22:39:00

    tend to forget a lot.

    Three things fail when you get older. The first is memory... ... ...
    ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

    Darn!! I forgot the other two!! <G>

    Forget them or step on them? :-)

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to KK4QBN on Wed Jul 12 14:07:00 2017
    tend to forget a lot.

    Three things fail when you get older. The first is memory... ... ...
    ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

    Darn!! I forgot the other two!! <G>

    Forget them or step on them? :-)

    Depends on how big the bug is. :P

    Daryl

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