Subj : Having problems getting synchronet to work on my machine.
To   : Leroy Miller
From : Tim Post
Date : Sun Dec 08 2002 06:41 pm

  Re: Having problems getting synchronet to work on my machine.
  By: Leroy Miller to Tim Post on Sat Nov 30 2002 06:12 pm

 > I'm running the BBS on an IBM PC Server (dedicated to nothing but the BBS an
 > small web-hosting.) w/ raid and Win2k -- I found a great deal on eBay last w
 > on an 8 port router so while it isn't the cheapest way it seems like it is m
 > best bet. I'm waiting for it to get here, mean while I've been "playing" aro
 > with the software and getting other things to work -- I'm going to uninstall
 > and reinstall over the next few days -- as it turns out my "playing" didn't
 > cause much problem, but I added a bunch of users that aren't real -- and fig
 > I will rest everything back to the start -- and setup the games back to the
 > start yet. I've put together a small (temporary) website. That will be up in
 > just before I'm ready to launch the board.  So I am getting closer. Thanks f
 > the help.
 > LeRoy

I've been tinkering myself with making a "home page" for the BB using the code
that comes stok with the BBS. Using frames,it should be pretty easy to add a
"who's on.. etc" section, with a java telnet applet. Seems like th emajority of
folks who know what a telnet client is are sysops.. I hope to bring in some
newbies. And since hundreds of great flash games are available online.. (on my
site), I've solved the last setback of running SBBS for linux. 

BTW.. notice to all who care.. a new variant of the "cinik" worm has started..
its a variant of the old slapper linux worm. Its a nasty little bugger, killing
it incorrectly only starts a nast DoS attack. I was able to catch it in th
act.. and have the source if anyone is interested. I've sent e-mails to red
hat, Mcaffres, etc.. It works in a similar manner to the old one.. overloading
the remote buffer, infecting., compiling itself.. then your machine is used as
a "slave" for future DoS attacks on other systems. Anyone with a decent router
need not worry about it. 

Rob.. any chance of a util that exports a SBBS user list to a SQL db?


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