Subj : Block admin and root access attempts
To   : nightcrawler
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Oct 27 2014 04:38 pm

  Re: Block admin and root access attempts
  By: nightcrawler to All on Sat Oct 25 2014 12:08 am

 > Hey guys.
 >
 > Can someone tell me something I can add to my login script that will
 > automatically add Ip's to the IP.can file that try to log in as root or
 > admin. It is becoming a full time job adding all the hack attempt IP's
 > manually. There was some discussion on the Facebook group about this, but
 > wasn't given a definitive answer. Also, I figured it would be more helpful
 > to other Sysops if it was asked and answered on here.

There's an auto-filtering capability built-into Synchronet. See "LoginAttemptFilterThreshold" at 
http://wiki.synchro.net/config:sbbs.ini for details.

                                            digital man

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