Subj : Re: Opening up Telnet :P
To   : Kevin Nunn
From : Jas Hud
Date : Wed Mar 23 2022 12:53:56

  To: Kevin Nunn
  Re: Re: Opening up Telnet :P
  By: Kevin Nunn to Jas Hud on Wed Mar 23 2022 01:28 pm

 > From Newsgroup: Micronet.MIN_BBS
 >
 > -=> JAS HUD wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-
 >
 >  >  JH> hundreds of attackers a day --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink
 >  >  JH> 1.113
 >  JH> yeah i have a router too.
 >  JH> you're connected to the internet.
 >
 > So if I only have telnet and binkd ports forwarded to that box, how am
 > I going to have hundreds of attackers a day?
 >

because they will scan your ip and find the open ports and attempt to get in.
and they keep on trying.
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