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|    Edmund Wong to Jay Harris    |
|    Re: blocked connections and advice    |
|    26 Nov 21 11:51:03    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:153/7083 cb59bd95       REPLY: 1:229/664 1cf3ac06       TZUTC: 0800       Hi Jay,               JH> I use iptables to block certain county IP blocks from connecting in the        JH> first place. Doesn't stop all of them, but it is a lot quieter when you        JH> can filter out the riftraft in the first place.              As a quick measure, I just disabled the ssh server part. Sure, it won't       prevent them from using the telnet port ;/               That said, I think using your iptables way might be the best way. That way I       can ssh and/or telnet into my system and not worry about 'them'.              Thanks!              Edmund              ... Just another prisoner of gravity!              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/11/22 (Linux/32)        * Origin: Eagle's BBS (1:153/7083)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 129/305 134/100       SEEN-BY: 153/0 105 757 7083 154/10 218/700 840 220/70 221/6 226/17       SEEN-BY: 226/30 100 227/114 229/101 424 426 428 452 550 664 700 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 400 250/5 8 261/38 267/800 280/464 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/854 298/25 301/1 305/2 3 317/3 322/757 340/1000 342/200       SEEN-BY: 633/280 770/1       PATH: 153/7083 757 221/6 218/840 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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