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   Message 15,948 of 16,010   
   Al DeRosa to Scott Street   
   Re: Small improvement to 'connect.mps'   
   18 Jun 25 20:04:23   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48   
   MSGID: 1:267/157 5c241431   
   REPLY: 1:266/625 7ea1e4c9   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   On 16 Jun 2025, Scott Street said the following...   
       
    SS> Some time ago, I installed connect.mps/x to help the robots from causing   
    SS> mayhem to my telnet and telnets ports.  I also turned on the automatic   
    SS> blacklisting function in MIS to avoid repeated nonsense from the   
    SS> Internet.  That's been fine, but I really disliked the fact that it   
    SS> slowed down my SSH connections.  So I have added a bit of code to   
    SS> connect.mps to recognize that I'm coming in SSH (or RLOGIN) and if my   
    SS> username is valid, the connection get to skip the "Press ESC twice to   
    SS> continue..."   
      
   Scott you might also want to look at the Phenom Productions bot breaker. It   
   allows SSH access by bypassing it completely .Mystic won't let a SSH   
   connection through unless the handle and password match.    
      
      
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