Subj : Re: Closing up Telnet To : Mark Hofmann From : digimaus Date : Sat Mar 19 2022 20:45:37 -=> Mark Hofmann wrote to Digimaus <=- MH> The Cisco ASA firewall has this nifty feature that allows you to limit MH> simultaneous connections from the same source/external IP. That is MH> what I put in place for tcp/23 for the BBS nodes over here. At least MH> that keeps the same IP from flooding connections. I've done similar using pfSense and fail2ban. I'm running these jails in fail2ban: Status |- Number of jail: 12 `- Jail list: apache-auth, apache-badbots, apache-botsearch, apache-fakegooglebot, apache-modsecurity, apache-nohome, apache-noscript, apache-overflows, apache-shellshock, proftpd, recidive, sshd You don't want to see how full my recidive filter is. Maybe at the end of the month I'll clear it and start all over again for fun. -- Sean .... The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. --- MultiMail/Linux * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1) .