Subj : hackers
To   : Alonzo
From : Mewcenary
Date : Sat Jan 07 2023 17:57:03

  Re: hackers
  By: Alonzo to All on Sat Jan 07 2023 10:51 am

 Al> entertaining, in a way, but it's also annoying. So, what do YOU guys do
 Al> about people trying to hack into your BBS? Just ignore them and let them
 Al> have their fun? Or are there ways to stop them? I'm open to suggestions.

TBH, nothing on the BBS side.  Just let the bots try and fail at doing their thing.

I do a bit more on the home firewall side of things, however.  There are various deny-lists and other tools that can prevent 'Known Bad' IPs from getting as far as your BBS, and also heuristically block repeated attempts.

Defense in depth also means taking regular full backups, so in the event of a successful hack, I can restore to something Known Good.

HTH!
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