Subj : Re: Bug in Renegade's Renemail
To : Mark Lewis
From : Nick Andre
Date : Thu Jun 28 2018 06:54 pm
On 28 Jun 18 08:31:34, Mark Lewis said the following to Nick Andre:
ML> NA> If a non-ANSI user calls here, I know that 99% of the time its a
ML> NA> script-kid. So I added a CAPTCHA; meaning, type the phrase you see. If
ML> NA> you answer wrong, your IP address is blacklisted in the NET2BBS "kill"
ML> NA> file. A blacklisted system is trapped and disconnected before the BBS
ML> NA> loads. I write a seperate process that resets the kill file once a
ML> NA> week in the case of a false-positive.
ML>
ML> that's similar to what i do here except i use an IDS on my firewall... ISP
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An interesting read. Yes, ISP modems are garbage. Totally agreed.
Ever since I wrote the "hooks" into Renegade to do what I wanted it to do, the
statistics are more accurate, the computer is not needlessly loading the BBS
on a call, etc... its just much more efficient here.
Nick
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