Subj : Getting hammered!
To   : Sniper
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Mar 17 2017 16:35:00

  Re: Getting hammered!
  By: Sniper to All on Thu Mar 16 2017 10:53 pm

 > So, its been a long time...  My BBS has been running on auto-pilot.  With
 > daily observation, just not participating.  ANyway, over the last few
 > months, it seems that my IP address, host name, or something has been given
 > to the hackers of the world.  My system is constantly being connected to and
 > they are trying to log in with unknown users.  I've checked on the system
 > and 2 or 3 nodes are scrolling off the screen as someone is attempting to
 > brute force the Guest account.  (Doesn't exist, but that doesn't seem to
 > stop them).  They try to brute force the "root" and "admin" as well.  The
 > large majority of these are coming from oversees.  .jp, .ru, .au, etc.  So I
 > was attempting to block them by IP, but, as soon as I block one, 50 more
 > show up.  Now all this is occuring on a little 18 meg Uverse setup.  Its
 > getting a little out of hand!

Read this: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers

                                            digital man

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