I saw another message with this, but couldn't find it -- I'm running the SBBS_DEV.ZIP of SBBS 3.17 that I downloaded on July 9, 2017, running under Windows 7 32-bit.
The error was as follows:
Mon July 10 2017 09:17am wx1der.dyndns.org
ERROR 2 (No such file or directory) (WinError 183) in qwk.cpp line 1185 (sbbs_t::qwk_vote) writing "c:\sbbs\data\subs\dove-general" access=-105 info=smb_addvote thread_back field missing
Do I need to be concerned about this??
Do I need to be concerned about this??
Nope. It's just an old bad vote message you downloaded from VERT. Don't worr DM>about it.
Rob,
Do I need to be concerned about this??
Nope. It's just an old bad vote message you downloaded from VERT. Don't worr DM>about it.
OK, good deal. I saw another error this morning...something about
"could not link to a DDE Server". The window had come up about 5 times,
but I just clicked the box (it either said "OK" or "CLOSE"), and that
got rid of it.
OK, good deal. I saw another error this morning...something about
"could not link to a DDE Server". The window had come up about 5 times, but I just clicked the box (it either said "OK" or "CLOSE"), and that
got rid of it.
Doesn't sound like any Synchronet error that I'm aware of.
On another note, what is the HOTLINE "service" with SBBS??
Digital Man wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
It's something Deuce created for a special "rich client" called Hotline
- it exposes the Synchronet BBS experience (messages, and whatever) to
a Hotline client. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications for more details.
It's something Deuce created for a special "rich client" called Hotline - it DM>exposes the Synchronet BBS experience (messages, and whatever) to a Hotline DM>client. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications for more DM>details.
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
2) Will the use of the PeerBlock utility affect SBBS?? If there's a feature in SBBS to "block certain countries", I'm not aware of it.
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
It goes in your /sbbs/web/root :
User-agent: *
Disallow: /msgs/
Disallow: /ecwebv3/
Disallow: /sajax-forum/
Disallow: /telnet/
Disallow: /telnet/
something else robots.txt does is to tell others specifically where to look for stuff... we use it to specifically list certain areas of our sites that are configured as honey traps where the bots get in and then spin around and around until they just leave... they think they're getting something but they're not... email address lists is a good example... all of them being spamtraps, of course :)
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
It goes in your /sbbs/web/root :
Disallow: /telnet/
something else robots.txt does is to tell others specifically where to
look for stuff... we use it to specifically list certain areas of our
sites that are configured as honey traps where the bots get in and
then spin around and around until they just leave... they think
they're getting something but they're not... email address lists is a
good example... all of them being spamtraps, of course :)
Now thats cool, I never thought about that :)
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
http://www.robotstxt.org/
2) Will the use of the PeerBlock utility affect SBBS?? If there's a feature in SBBS to "block certain countries", I'm not aware of it.
it is outside of SBBS so it shouldn't interfer at all other than blocking ML>connections not allowed...
Just found it, and modified it from your message and from another one
I saw. That'll keep Google from messing with it.
But, I'm also using Peer Block, and that's filtering out a lot of "unwanted countries"...most, if not all of them, were where these bots were coming from.
never thought about what? using the block list as a list of places to actually go looking?? sometimes you need to reverse the logic to follow the skiddies and their twists ;)Now thats cool, I never thought about that :)Disallow: /telnet/
I actually like allowing the bots to try to do what they do.. it just strengthens my system.
I actually like allowing the bots to try to do what they do.. it just strengthens my system.
EXACTLY! it is like running a honeypot... all the skiddies are just giving you their infos to make tracking and blocking that much easier :) :) :)
)\/(ark
I actually like allowing the bots to try to do what they do.. it
just strengthens my system.
EXACTLY! it is like running a honeypot... all the skiddies are just
giving you their infos to make tracking and blocking that much
easier :) :) :)
yeah but it's just someone creating a huuuge log file because there's
an infinate amount of attackers.
Synchronet does this very well.. you will need to let it collect ips for a K>month or two.. and put it the usual suspect domains.. but its all inclusive..
after a couple months, my ports stay pretty much clear all the time now.. K>besides REAL callers..
I actually like allowing the bots to try to do what they do.. it just K>strengthens my system.
yeah but it's just someone creating a huuuge log file because there's an infinate amount of attackers.
i can't say that... my logs are rotated all the time... what really happens is the block lists may get longer... there's a finite number of addresses to deal with...
Re: Hotline And More
By: Mro to mark lewis on Sat Jul 15 2017 13:39:05
yeah but it's just someone creating a huuuge log file because there's an infinate amount of attackers.
now lets put all these files together, write a program that calculates where most of the BS originates from, and start block whole ip ranges..
prolly cant work that way though..
but we ALL know the *major* culprits anyway.
i am blocking the dangerous countries, then i block tor nodes.
i also have honey pots and a bbs capcha that bans the ip if they fail.
and, i still get the same amount of attacks as everyone else.
and, i still get the same amount of attacks as everyone else.
i can't say that... my logs are rotated all the time... what really
happens is the block lists may get longer... there's a finite number
of addresses to deal with...
If you want to call 2^32 (4 billion) finite...
Rob,
It's something Deuce created for a special "rich client" called Hotline - it DM>exposes the Synchronet BBS experience (messages, and whatever) to a Hotline DM>client. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications for more DM>details.
OK, I added that.
Two other questions while I've got you here. <G>
1) What's the file format for robots.txt, and where does it go??
2) Will the use of the PeerBlock utility affect SBBS??
If there's a
feature in SBBS to "block certain countries", I'm not aware of it.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_exclusion_standard
It goes in your sbbs/web/root directory (and/or sub-directories).
2) Will the use of the PeerBlock utility affect SBBS??
I assume so.
Put *.ru in your text/host.can file (for example).
If there's a feature in SBBS to "block certain countries", I'm not
aware of it.
Put *.ru in your text/host.can file (for example).
Put *.ru in your text/host.can file (for example).
Dumb Question -- is there a URL with a list of country abbreviations??
Then, I won't need Peer Block.
Dumb Question -- is there a URL with a list of country abbreviations?? Then, I won't need Peer Block.
Here are some to start:
Since I've stopped logging hostames, most are done by IP now.
Digital Man wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
It's something Deuce created for a special "rich client" called Hotline - it exposes the Synchronet BBS experience (messages, and whatever) to
a Hotline client. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications for more details.
Hmm, interesting. :)
Ragnarok wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Hmm, interesting. :)
Yes. Any doc to setup this?
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