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   Hi Jeff,   
      
   > So.. A couple questions. Is there a way to instruct BBBS to flush/close all   
   > open   
   > connections without restarting the PC? (I know, not a solution)   
      
   I rarely have to reboot my linux system... I do have to take _bbbsd_ down now   
   and then and restart it.. Have you tried that rather than rebooting?   
      
   > Is there a more effective way to manage and eliminate spam/bot connections?   
      
   I check my logs often and when I see a particular obnoxious bot type   
   connection, I use this IPTables line:   
      
   iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m string --string "yandex.com" --algo kmp -j REJECT   
      
   Works over here... you would of course replace yandex.com with the nasty bot   
   hitting you :)  Hope this helps..   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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