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|    SirRonmit to Daryl Stout    |
|    Re: F4FBBS Telnet    |
|    18 Jun 23 10:53:10    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 954:895/45 d29dda8b       REPLY: 612.hobbynt-hnetsyso@954:895/7 28f2d6f2       TZUTC: -0500       Thanks for the info, Daryl!              Yeah, I am glad I had that bot checker as well all these years later ..       although (almost as you said), the Internet allows people from all around the       world to hack someone else's PC/IP/etc. and start attacking others. At least       back in the early 90s, they had to have an expensive phone bill to do so       (yeah, I know, they also were able to steal phone cards, etc.) LOL              It appears 62323 is back up again - I have also been keylogging my fresh       install of mystic on a standard :23 (not sure if I had said that in the       previous port). And added a looonnnnng system password as well. So of course       they are going to never get it using "admin" "root" etc. and will be blocked       after 3 attempts anyways. Then, I -merge- those IPs into my main Mystic       install but change the last "octet" to .* -- the more and more I get from the       same main IP (eg. 218.201.57.*, then I keep updating to block out more and       more like 218.201.* and then 218.*) at the Firewall level so they won't even       ever get past the router end. Takes a bit here and there, but I'm missing       being able to access my own BBS from work during lunch using the .html Telnet       portal. :(              Have a great day!!!!              Timothy Norris       aka SirRonmit       admin@f4fbbs.com       bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 (keep getting :62323 blocked)              ... The shortest distance between two points is under construction              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)        * Origin: Files 4 Fun BBS (954:895/45)       SEEN-BY: 229/110 426 470 700 291/111 5075/35       PATH: 229/470 426           |
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