Subj : Re: Crazy BBS connections
To   : Sam Alexander
From : dragon
Date : Mon Mar 21 2022 18:41:42

On 3/21/2022 3:33 PM, Sam Alexander wrote:
> I'm finally in a place where I can setup a new board -- probably will just be for my own benefit and the fun of doing it.  I'm quite surprised at the barrage of connections I started getting right out of the gate!  I'm getting telnet and ssh connections almost constantly, about 3-5 a minute if not more.  Trying randon usernames and such.  I guess this is normal now'days?  I'm running sync at home over my broadband connection, so I guess it's people just scanning ports and ip's.
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> Anyway just curious if this is quite common ... I remember it being so last time I ran a telnet board 15+ years ago, but not to this degree.
> Thanks- Sam
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You might want to avoid using the standard ports for telnet/ssh/rlogin.

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