Subj : Re: hackers
To   : Alonzo
From : Warpslide
Date : Sat Jan 07 2023 08:39 pm

On 07 Jan 2023, Alonzo said the following...
 
 Al> So, what do YOU guys do about people trying to hack into your BBS? Just  Al> ignore them and let them have their fun? Or are there ways to stop them?  Al> I'm open to suggestions. Thanks.
 Al> 
 Al> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/64)

I use this powershell script to block out whole countries and regions which really calms down (but doesn't eliminate) the noise:

https://bbs.lc/oHfO7

I also block out Digital Ocean & Linode's IP ranges:

https://digitalocean.com/geo/google.csv
https://geoip.linode.com/

You'll need to make sure any mail hubs you connect to aren't hosted at any of these providers of course.

You can also add the usual bad usernames (root, admin, etc) to mystic\data\badusers.txt which will stop them a bit sooner.


Jay

.... The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Northern Realms | bbs.nrbbs.net | 289-424-5180 (21:3/110)

.