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  • /captchas/ /spy .vs. spy

    From Ogg@VERT/EOTLBBS to Rampage on Thursday, May 07, 2020 15:44:00
    Hello Rampage!

    ** On Thursday 07.05.20 - 09:29, rampage wrote to Ogg:


    It's a spy .vs. spy, attack, counter-attack scenario. :/

    exactly! just like fighting viri/malware, it will always be a never ending game of chase... just ask all the companies using DRM about that ;)


    I just learned about Fail2ban:

    " Fail2ban scans log files (e.g. /var/log/apache/error_log) and bans IPs
    that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time, although any
    arbitrary other action (e.g. s ending an email) could also be configured."

    Makes sense to nip the problem in the bud and block the malicious IPs.
    Then there is less burden to supply new captchas.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Ogg on Friday, May 08, 2020 21:39:00
    On 05-07-20 15:44, Ogg wrote to Rampage <=-

    I just learned about Fail2ban:

    A must have utility, I use it on a server so heavily under attack from bots that it can refuse new connection attempts. Fail2ban keeps things to a dull roar. :)


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  • From Rmh@VERT/UNICYBER to Vk3jed on Friday, June 19, 2020 13:09:18
    Re: Re: /captchas/ /spy .vs. spy
    By: Vk3jed to Ogg on Fri May 08 2020 09:39 pm

    A good one is csf: https://www.configserver.com
    You can combine with fail2ban.
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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Rmh on Saturday, June 20, 2020 16:16:00
    On 06-19-20 13:09, Rmh wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    @VIA: VERT/UNICYBER
    Re: Re: /captchas/ /spy .vs. spy
    By: Vk3jed to Ogg on Fri May 08 2020 09:39 pm

    A good one is csf: https://www.configserver.com
    You can combine with fail2ban.
    RainManHood<---

    Hmm, I don't remember this conversation. Could have done with a bit more quoting for context. :)


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  • From Rmh@VERT/UNICYBER to Vk3jed on Monday, June 22, 2020 06:56:04
    Re: Re: /captchas/ /spy .vs. spy
    By: Vk3jed to Rmh on Sat Jun 20 2020 04:16 pm

    @VIA: VERT/UNICYBER
    Re: Re: /captchas/ /spy .vs. spy
    By: Vk3jed to Ogg on Fri May 08 2020 09:39 pm

    A good one is csf: https://www.configserver.com
    You can combine with fail2ban.
    RainManHood<---

    Hmm, I don't remember this conversation. Could have done with a bit more quoting for context. :)

    Apologies, I was quoting but that was something very old, a couple of months back. that was about using fal2ban as a firewall meassure and I also suggested csf.
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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Rmh on Monday, June 22, 2020 22:00:00
    On 06-22-20 06:56, Rmh wrote to Vk3jed <=-

    Apologies, I was quoting but that was something very old, a couple of months back. that was about using fal2ban as a firewall meassure and I also suggested csf. --->RainManHood<---

    Oh, OK, well it left me baffled. ;)


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