Subj : Last couple of days with my binkp mailer.. To : mark lewis From : Janis Kracht Date : Wed Oct 13 2010 04:10 pm Hi Mark, >> 'private' in other words.. but when they tie up my bbbs >> web/telnet/binkp nodes, 'real fido people' can't connect.. that is >> a drag >yeah, i can see that with a server that has limited handlers allowed... but th > idea was to limit what they have access to so they're in and out as fast as > possible ;) I think bbbs makes it more than quick.. they connect, they get immediately rejected >>> I mean, I really don't mind if they hit the main web server here.. >>> but bbbs is limited to only those 7 nodes. >> i assume by that you mean that it is similar to apache in that >> there's seven HTTP handlers that are allowed to run and you don't >> allow any more than that?? >> Yes, that's right, but it's not that I don't allow any more than 7, >> it's because the way bbbs works is you register the number of nodes >> you want for the bbbs daemons.. so I have 7 nodes registered... >> that's 1 phone-modem node, 6 http instances, 6 telnet nodes, 6 >> binkp nodes, etc. > yup... pretty much the same idea... close enough for the analogy ;) Yep, for sure :) >> pick up more binkp connections since I know the bbbs binkp nodes >> get a bit busy with the number of downlinks here . BBBS's >> binkp daemon runs on port 24555. >i'd really hate it if the bots started hitting the telnet and binkd stuff... i > think that google does the http and ftp stuff now... i know i've seen > references to it in my ftp logs somewhere... for the main ftp server, again it's no problem since I don't allow anonymous ftp on my vsftp server..but on bbb's ftp server anonymous is allowed.. not working well for people from what I understand but.. have to look into that :) >> I guess what really bugged me was that these spiders were hitting >> all the ports here.. not just 80 :( I mean, what could a spider >> get out of attemping repeated connections to my binkp port on >> 24555?? > trying to connect to a web server that it thinks is running there... if it is >doing that, lodge a complaint and/or block it at the perimeter and don't let i >in at all ;) depending on the methods, it could be blocked at the perimeter fo > all ports except for 80 :P ah one of these days.. no time for it right now.. just trying to catch up >> Great thing this week: when I contacted Kim Heino (he's the >> author of bbbs) about my dead motherboard and all that, etc., (he >> uses ftp to connect so we needed to set that up on the main ftp >> server), he sent me a beta 64 bit version of BBBS.. Really cool :) >> It's running really well. > i saw reference to you running 64bit earlier... that's a GoodThing ;) It's a really nice system.. when the conexant internmodem started locking up the system, I decided to back up to the release 32bit version of bbbs.. in case it was causing problems as well.. for now I'll just let it sit as is .. one of these days I'll reinstall the 64bit version of bbbs.. >>> That's great! It'd be nice to see Z6 up and running again. >>> Yeah really :) He's got some friends who'll be coming in, and if >>> we count the z6 folks that we've got listed in Z3 right now, it >>> should make a good basis for reinstating that zone. >> that might be a good thing... especially considering the reasons why >> Z6 went away last time it was operational... >> Understand.. these kinds of things take time, but we're hoping. > word up! :P I'll say :) Take care, Janis --- BBBS/LiI v4.01 Flag * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) .