Subj : Last couple of days with my binkp mailer..
To : mark lewis
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Wed Oct 13 2010 04:10 pm
Hi Mark,
>> 'private' in other words.. but when they tie up my bbbs
>> web/telnet/binkp nodes, 'real fido people' can't connect.. that is
>> a drag <g>
>yeah, i can see that with a server that has limited handlers allowed... but th
> idea was to limit what they have access to so they're in and out as fast as
> possible ;)
I think bbbs makes it more than quick.. they connect, they get immediately
rejected <g>
>>> I mean, I really don't mind if they hit the main web server here..
>>> but bbbs is limited to only those 7 nodes.
>> i assume by that you mean that it is similar to apache in that
>> there's seven HTTP handlers that are allowed to run and you don't
>> allow any more than that??
>> Yes, that's right, but it's not that I don't allow any more than 7,
>> it's because the way bbbs works is you register the number of nodes
>> you want for the bbbs daemons.. so I have 7 nodes registered...
>> that's 1 phone-modem node, 6 http instances, 6 telnet nodes, 6
>> binkp nodes, etc.
> yup... pretty much the same idea... close enough for the analogy ;)
Yep, for sure :)
>> pick up more binkp connections since I know the bbbs binkp nodes
>> get a bit busy with the number of downlinks here <g>. BBBS's
>> binkp daemon runs on port 24555.
>i'd really hate it if the bots started hitting the telnet and binkd stuff... i
> think that google does the http and ftp stuff now... i know i've seen
> references to it in my ftp logs somewhere...
for the main ftp server, again it's no problem since I don't allow anonymous
ftp on my vsftp server..but on bbb's ftp server anonymous is allowed.. not
working well for people from what I understand but.. have to look into that :)
>> I guess what really bugged me was that these spiders were hitting
>> all the ports here.. not just 80 :( I mean, what could a spider
>> get out of attemping repeated connections to my binkp port on
>> 24555?? <bg>
> trying to connect to a web server that it thinks is running there... if it is
>doing that, lodge a complaint and/or block it at the perimeter and don't let i
>in at all ;) depending on the methods, it could be blocked at the perimeter fo
> all ports except for 80 :P
ah one of these days.. no time for it right now.. just trying to catch up <bg>
>> Great thing this week: when I contacted Kim Heino (he's the
>> author of bbbs) about my dead motherboard and all that, etc., (he
>> uses ftp to connect so we needed to set that up on the main ftp
>> server), he sent me a beta 64 bit version of BBBS.. Really cool :)
>> It's running really well.
> i saw reference to you running 64bit earlier... that's a GoodThing<tm> ;)
It's a really nice system.. when the conexant internmodem started locking up
the system, I decided to back up to the release 32bit version of bbbs.. in case
it was causing problems as well.. for now I'll just let it sit as is <g>.. one
of these days I'll reinstall the 64bit version of bbbs..
>>> That's great! It'd be nice to see Z6 up and running again.
>>> Yeah really :) He's got some friends who'll be coming in, and if
>>> we count the z6 folks that we've got listed in Z3 right now, it
>>> should make a good basis for reinstating that zone.
>> that might be a good thing... especially considering the reasons why
>> Z6 went away last time it was operational...
>> Understand.. these kinds of things take time, but we're hoping.
> word up! :P
I'll say :)
Take care,
Janis
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