Subj : Bots Be Gone
To   : opicron
From : opicron
Date : Tue Apr 15 2025 06:35 am

 Al> Are you tired of bots trying to log onto your Mystic BBS?
 Al> Tired of "hackers" who just slap a bunch of random keys
 Al> instead of logging in?
Very much ^^, wrote a bunch of scripts which fired to check for stale connections.

In the end I went with a stricter version of my custom Mystic login matrix rainfall mod, it times out after 10 seconds, except when a key is pressed. It adds a few seconds more. Total timeout is about 30 seconds, works like a charm.

Check it out on daForze :) -shameless self plug- ooopz.

 Al> It really slows people down. After a person finally
 Al> realizes that they must poke the 1 key, they are presented
 Al> with the actual login screen.
Very true, nice solution also.

oP!

.... Pizza: Nature's perfect food.

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