Subj : Re: Rejecting an incoming connection
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu May 20 2021 10:29 am

Hi Paul,

On 2021-05-20 19:59:44, you wrote to All:

 PH> As some of you may know I run an othernet in Zone 21 and have a /999
 PH> test AKA that nodes who which to test their polling setup to my HUB
 PH> can use when first setting up and before they apply and get their own
 PH> node number.

 PH> The problem I have at present is that someone has set up their BBS and
 PH> is polling the HUB every 2 minutes using the test AKA. This is way too
 PH> frequent, has been going on for weeks, and despite a netmail to that
 PH> test system asking for the sysop to contact me to arrange their own
 PH> node number, there's been no reply and no let up in polling frequency.

 PH> I'm looking for a way for BinkD to reject the incoming connection
 PH> based on something like SYS or ZYZ info presented. Is such a thing
 PH> possible using a perl script or similar?

 PH> Note I am not a perl guru so any suggested fix you have I'd appreciate
 PH> a bit of hand holding to implement it.

 PH> Also of note, setting such a block up is not my preferred choice but I
 PH> have exhausted options to contact the unknown sysop and want to ensure
 PH> the test AKA is available for others to send/recieve packets from
 PH> also...  with a polling frequency of 2 mins the offending system gives
 PH> no one else a look in.

Why not just block his IP (range) in your firewall? That would be the easy sollution...


Bye, Wilfred.

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