Subj : Opening up Telnet :P To : Kevin Nunn From : Sean Dennis Date : Sun Mar 20 2022 19:32:50 Hello Kevin, 20 Mar 22 14:00, you wrote to Digimaus: KN> Well, I don't have that and it seems to be working ok. I'll see as KN> time goes on. There are only 2 rules right now. a DENY for the IP of KN> the offending person and a PERMIT for everything else. And that seems KN> to be working. That means your firewall is not working right and allowing everything. Re-read the instructions again as the AIX firewall requires an ending DENY ALL entry. KN> I think this guy is coming from russia too, but it's weird and not KN> consistant. Sometimes he'll hit it once, other times he hits it fast KN> and often. That's when vmodem has a fit. Yeah, they're a real pest. I currently have something like 2000 IPs in my fail2ban recidive jail. The price of doing business these days. -- Sean .... Raising pet electric eels is gaining a lot of current popularity. --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (618:618/1) .