Subj : Bots Be Gone
To : opicron
From : opicron
Date : Tue Apr 15 2025 06:35 am
Al> Are you tired of bots trying to log onto your Mystic BBS?
Al> Tired of "hackers" who just slap a bunch of random keys
Al> instead of logging in?
Very much ^^, wrote a bunch of scripts which fired to check for stale connections.
In the end I went with a stricter version of my custom Mystic login matrix rainfall mod, it times out after 10 seconds, except when a key is pressed. It adds a few seconds more. Total timeout is about 30 seconds, works like a charm.
Check it out on daForze :) -shameless self plug- ooopz.
Al> It really slows people down. After a person finally
Al> realizes that they must poke the 1 key, they are presented
Al> with the actual login screen.
Very true, nice solution also.
