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  • WTF #1

    From Mickey@1:103/705 to All on Fri Feb 9 10:44:34 2024
    Anyone know what this is?

    1832 ActiveUser-UDP Hostname: h145.33.29.71.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [71.29.33.145]

    Pings every 5 seconds for what? It originates in Germany.

    Thanks!


    .
    Mick Manning
    Central Ontario Remote Synchro
    centralontarioremote.com:23
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  • From fusion@1:103/705 to Mickey on Fri Feb 9 13:26:00 2024
    On 09 Feb 2024, Mickey said the following...

    Anyone know what this is?

    1832 ActiveUser-UDP Hostname: h145.33.29.71.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [71.29.33.145]

    Pings every 5 seconds for what? It originates in Germany.

    your life will be so much better if you ignore that stuff.. i don't know if bbs sysops are just hyper sensitive to junk internet traffic or what, but it's just not worth wasting your life on.

    that guy really wants to know your bbs is online. good for him.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    # Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Ragnarok@1:103/705 to Mickey on Fri Feb 9 16:56:18 2024
    El 9/2/24 a las 12:44, Mickey escribió:
    Anyone know what this is?

    1832 ActiveUser-UDP Hostname: h145.33.29.71.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [71.29.33.145]

    Pings every 5 seconds for what? It originates in Germany.

    Thanks!

    use a firewall filter like fail2ban
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  • From nelgin@1:103/705 to fusion on Sat Feb 10 01:45:29 2024
    On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:26:00 +0000
    "fusion" (VERT/CFBBS) <VERT/CFBBS!fusion@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

    On 09 Feb 2024, Mickey said the following...

    Anyone know what this is?

    1832 ActiveUser-UDP Hostname:
    h145.33.29.71.dynamic.ip.windstream.net [71.29.33.145]

    Pings every 5 seconds for what? It originates in Germany.

    your life will be so much better if you ignore that stuff.. i don't
    know if bbs sysops are just hyper sensitive to junk internet traffic
    or what, but it's just not worth wasting your life on.

    that guy really wants to know your bbs is online. good for him.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi

    This is basically the finger service. It runs to allow inter-bbs
    communication by grabbing a list of users on your BBS. It's really low
    overhead and not a significant problem.

    If you stop the service, people won't be able to finger your server and
    it'll probably mean they cannot use inter-bbs comms that requires it.
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    telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
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  • From Mickey@1:103/705 to nelgin on Sat Feb 10 09:53:11 2024
    Re: Re: WTF #1
    By: nelgin to fusion on Sat Feb 10 2024 01:45 am

    This is basically the finger service. It runs to allow inter-bbs communication by grabbing a list of users on your BBS. It's really low overhead and not a significant problem.

    Thanks for the reply. This is what I thought it was. The inter-bbs chat thing has never worked here anyway. :-)

    .
    Mick Manning
    Central Ontario Remote Synchro
    centralontarioremote.com:23
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