I would love to write, chat, and play games with you.
I appreciate your company. Please come visit
me awhile.
Re: Rick's BBS
By: Rixter to All on Sat Nov 15 2025 12:00 am
I would love to write, chat, and play games with you.
I appreciate your company. Please come visit
me awhile.
That totally, absolutely, completely read like something you would find at a dating site profile :-P
--Ok, thanks. I love to play scrabble and LORD. I hope you come by and enjoy yourself with us soon! Have a great night Arelor :)
gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken
Re: Rick's BBSOk, thanks. I love to play scrabble and LORD. I hope you come by and enjoy yourself with us soon! Have a great night Arelor :) Rixter telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
By: Rixter to All on Sat Nov 15 2025 12:00 am
Re: Rick's BBSwhat is your ip? It might fall into one of my block lists. I have a program that auto adds certain ips to a block list upon any kind of error or failure. I can remove your ip from that list if it accidentally fell into that list. Certain countries are automatically blocked by entire ranges. What country are you in? I hope you have a great day and hope to see you online soon. Have you ever connected to my BBS before?
By: Rixter to Arelor on Mon Nov 17 2025 18:30:34
Re: Rick's BBSOk, thanks. I love to play scrabble and LORD. I hope you come by and en yourself with us soon! Have a great night Arelor :) Rixter telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
By: Rixter to All on Sat Nov 15 2025 12:00 am
Hi Rixter,
i have tried to connect to your BBS using syncterm via Telnet and SSH, but i instandly get disconnected again. Any idea whats the issue there?
Mindsurfer
what is your ip? It might fall into one of my block lists. I have a program that auto adds certain ips to a block list upon any kind of error or failure. I can remove your ip from that list if it accidentally fell into that list. Certain countries are automatically blocked by entire ranges. What country are you in? I hope you have a great day and hope to see you online soon. Have you ever connected to my BBS before?
Re: Rick's BBSI will look into during break at work today my friend. I will get back to you ASAP. Have a good day.
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Wed Nov 19 2025 07:03:29
what is your ip? It might fall into one of my block lists. I have a program that auto adds certain ips to a block list upon any kind of err or failure. I can remove your ip from that list if it accidentally fell into that list. Certain countries are automatically blocked by entire ranges. What country are you in? I hope you have a great day and hope t see you online soon. Have you ever connected to my BBS before?
i think first login atempt failed cause i had username and password set in syncterm already and it tried to auto-login with those data.
I am from Germany (Deutsche Telekom IP ranges) yesterday it was 93.something and today i am on 80.144.2.x
it is a dynamic IP, it gets changed every 24h
Mindsurfer
Re: Rick's BBSI opened up 80.0.0.0 again so you 'should' be able to connect. I had the entire 80.*.*.* range blocked because of being slammed by bots from that range. Your's should be exempted now. Have a great day my friend.
By: Mindsurfer to Rixter on Wed Nov 19 2025 01:25 pm
Re: Rick's BBS
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Wed Nov 19 2025 07:03:29
what is your ip? It might fall into one of my block lists. I have a program that auto adds certain ips to a block list upon any kind of or failure. I can remove your ip from that list if it accidentally f into that list. Certain countries are automatically blocked by entir ranges. What country are you in? I hope you have a great day and hop see you online soon. Have you ever connected to my BBS before?
i think first login atempt failed cause i had username and password set i syncterm already and it tried to auto-login with those data.
I am from Germany (Deutsche Telekom IP ranges) yesterday it was 93.someth and today i am on 80.144.2.x
it is a dynamic IP, it gets changed every 24h
MindsurferI will look into during break at work today my friend. I will get back to yo ASAP. Have a good day.
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
I opened up 80.0.0.0 again so you 'should' be able to connect. I had the entire 80.*.*.* range blocked because of being slammed by bots from that range. Your's should be exempted now. Have a great day my friend. Rixter
Re: Rick's BBSGood luck, Viel gluck :) Let me know if I can be of any help.
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Thu Nov 20 2025 08:16:05
I opened up 80.0.0.0 again so you 'should' be able to connect. I had th entire 80.*.*.* range blocked because of being slammed by bots from tha range. Your's should be exempted now. Have a great day my friend. Rixte
wow =)
Thats a block of 16.777.214 IPs that you have blocked. That's something! until now i rely on synchronets own security features + fail2ban only.
i try to connect again now.
Mindsurfer
I opened up 80.0.0.0 again so you 'should' be able to connect. I had
th entire 80.*.*.* range blocked because of being slammed by bots from
i try to connect again now.Good luck, Viel gluck :) Let me know if I can be of any help. Rixter
Re: Rick's BBS
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Fri Nov 21 2025 08:37:29
Sadly, i am still blocked. Deutsche Telekom has some different ranges for their domestic customers on dynamic IPs. Today i am in the 79.202.51.* range. Do you have alot of ddos attacks etc and many large IP ranges blocked?
It is better to use something like fail2ban i guess. Blocking huge IP ranges is problematic always. You will get alot of legitimate users blocked that way.
Also big chunks of the internet runs on dynamic IPs. So the bot you block one day, can be a decent user the next day (bots can run on infected normal user Computers). Blocking should be temporary also, unless you are 100% sure it is a datacenter behind the IP (forever) and not a domestic IP range/ user.
Do we have windows Sysops here with recommendations how to handle bots with extra tools for Synchronet on windows?
Gemini AI recommended: CrowdSec, IPBan, EvlWatcher, Win2Ban (for Windows in general, not specifically for Synchronet)
But i think synchronet itself comes with some defence measures already. https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers?s[]=bots
Mindsurfer
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Re: Rick's BBS
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Fri Nov 21 2025 08:37:29
Sadly, i am still blocked. Deutsche Telekom has some different ranges for their domestic customers on dynamic IPs. Today i am in the 79.202.51.* ran Do you have alot of ddos attacks etc and many large IP ranges blocked?
It is better to use something like fail2ban i guess. Blocking huge IP rang is problematic always. You will get alot of legitimate users blocked that way.
Also big chunks of the internet runs on dynamic IPs. So the bot you block day, can be a decent user the next day (bots can run on infected normal us Computers). Blocking should be temporary also, unless you are 100% sure it a datacenter behind the IP (forever) and not a domestic IP range/ user.
Do we have windows Sysops here with recommendations how to handle bots wit extra tools for Synchronet on windows?
Gemini AI recommended: CrowdSec, IPBan, EvlWatcher, Win2Ban (for Windows i general, not specifically for Synchronet)
But i think synchronet itself comes with some defence measures already. https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers?s[]=bots
Mindsurfer
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Thanks mindsurfer. I will try a different approach. I did not realize the recycling of ips as you have described. I will work on it tomorrow. Gute Nac Schlaf gut.I revised my ip blocking routine. Let me know if I solved our probleme. I hope you have a great weekend Mindsurfer!
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
I revised my ip blocking routine. Let me know if I solved our probleme. I hope you have a great weekend Mindsurfer!
:)
Rixter
Re: Rick's BBSI had the *.de domain blocked as well due to some DOS attacks from that domain. I will unlock it and see if they come back. Give it a try when you can.
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Sat Nov 22 2025 08:20:13
I revised my ip blocking routine. Let me know if I solved our probleme. hope you have a great weekend Mindsurfer!
:)
Rixter
sorry, it is disconnecting after the entry screen and the next time it disconnects instantly without even the first text.
https://imgur.com/a/izPTdJP
Mindsurfer
Re: Rick's BBSI noticed you logged in today. Probst!
By: Mindsurfer to Rixter on Sat Nov 22 2025 04:39 pm
Re: Rick's BBS
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Sat Nov 22 2025 08:20:13
I revised my ip blocking routine. Let me know if I solved our proble hope you have a great weekend Mindsurfer!
:)
Rixter
sorry, it is disconnecting after the entry screen and the next time it disconnects instantly without even the first text.
https://imgur.com/a/izPTdJP
MindsurferI had the *.de domain blocked as well due to some DOS attacks from that doma I will unlock it and see if they come back. Give it a try when you can. Cheers, Probst :)
Rixter
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
I noticed you logged in today. Probst!
:)
Bis Morgen,
This is how it is on my BBS and has been for many decades. I think there are about 4 or 5 BBS's using it right now. I have never had an info file so I hope this helps! Have fun.
Re: Rick's BBSYou are welcome Sir. Have a great day.
By: Rixter to Mindsurfer on Sun Nov 23 2025 19:09:50
This is how it is on my BBS and has been for many decades. I think ther are about 4 or 5 BBS's using it right now. I have never had an info fil so I hope this helps! Have fun.
I think that should do it. Lets see. Thanks!
Mindsurfer
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