Subj : Internet spam
To   : Rick Smith
From : Jas Hud
Date : Wed Sep 27 2023 04:18:04

  To: Rick Smith
  Re: Internet spam
  By: Rick Smith to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 26 2023 05:28 pm

 >
 >  JH> do you know what bots are?
 >
 > Of course I do, I was just pointing out that it was wrong of me to shut off
 > web access as a new user or a bot could do the same damage via telnet if
 > they really wanted to..
 >
 > Regards,
 >

you're just pointing out that you do not know what happens on your system nor do you know what measures to take to prevent attacks.

There are things you can do to prevent spam bots from creating accounts via your web and then posting.

The same is true to your telnet end (which is less likely to have this issue)
 >  a bot could do the same damage via telnet if
 > they really wanted to..

bots don't have wants.

I don't entirely blame YOU, i blame the synchronet developers.  years ago I said it's not a good idea to have our msg bases open up on the web and be defaulted to be readable by bots.   they agreed but said it was 'cool' so kept it.

Despite that, the fact is, we are responsible for our own systems.  We should know them and know how to prevent attackers.
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