Subj : Re: Back to Mystic
To   : Bucko
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Mar 12 2024 05:01 pm

 B> I even went as far as using Mystic as a Front end 
 B> to my C64 board I was using the bot checker to help with 
 B> a bot issue I was having. That is until I figured out 
 B> the C64 doesn't have a esc key!! LOL It sure worked 
 B> though...

I bet that did a heck of a job of quieting things down! :)

Have you tried other solutions for bot connections?  I have been running a 'telnet ringdown server' that I wrote to accept connections on one port and pass them off to any open port from a list (each node of my BBS listens on a different port).  Immediately it was apparent that some protection against portscanning bots was needed, so I have implemented a check for malicious login attempts that triggers a temporary IP ban, and it has helped.

I am curious about other peoples' experiences dealing with bots and what has worked and what hasn't worked.  If I understand the Mystic bot checker, it requires callers to press a specific key (usually Esc) within some time after connecting, and before presenting the login prompt - is this correct?


Chris/akacastor

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