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    From Tim Whitson@1:103/705 to All on Sun Aug 1 21:04:53 2021
    Is there a maximum amount of IP addresses you can ban? I tried to ban 27.*.*.* since I get a lot of hack attacks from that series of IP addresses and one still got through.

    Tim

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  • From Ragnarok@1:103/705 to Tim Whitson on Mon Aug 2 11:45:06 2021
    El 2/8/21 a las 01:04, Tim Whitson escribió:
    Is there a maximum amount of IP addresses you can ban? I tried to ban 27.*.*.*
    since I get a lot of hack attacks from that series of IP addresses and one still got through.

    Tim

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    just make a firewall rule with that segment

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Tim Whitson on Mon Aug 2 12:12:18 2021
    Re: IP Address Filter
    By: Tim Whitson to All on Sun Aug 01 2021 09:04 pm

    Is there a maximum amount of IP addresses you can ban?

    No.

    I tried to ban
    27.*.*.* since I get a lot of hack attacks from that series of IP addresses and one still got through.

    You used the wrong syntax. Use "27.*" or "27.0.0.0/8" instead. https://wiki.synchro.net/config:filter_files#examples
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  • From Tim Whitson@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Aug 2 20:15:41 2021
    Re: IP Address Filter
    By: Digital Man to Tim Whitson on Mon Aug 02 2021 12:12 pm

    You used the wrong syntax. Use "27.*" or "27.0.0.0/8" instead. https://wiki.synchro.net/config:filter_files#examples

    Thank you, I'll give that a try. Nice to see the Russians and the Chinese are out hacking so much...

    Tim

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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Tim Whitson on Wed Aug 4 13:02:34 2021
    Hello Tim!

    02 Aug 2021 20:15, Tim Whitson wrote to Digital Man:

    Nice to see the Russians and the
    Chinese are out hacking so much...

    note 27.1 27.2 might be diffrent countries


    Regards Benny

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  • From Lord Blackfair@1:103/705 to Benny Pedersen on Thu Aug 5 09:49:29 2021
    Hello Tim!

    02 Aug 2021 20:15, Tim Whitson wrote to Digital Man:

    Nice to see the Russians and the
    Chinese are out hacking so much...

    note 27.1 27.2 might be diffrent countries


    Regards Benny

    ... too late to die young :)

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    Fill that IPcan
    Lord Blackfair (Blackfair's Manor) blackf.synchro.net

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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Lord Blackfair on Thu Aug 5 20:56:38 2021
    Hello Lord!

    05 Aug 2021 09:49, Lord Blackfair wrote to Benny Pedersen:

    Fill that IPcan

    indeed


    Regards Benny

    ... too late to die young :)
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  • From Neko@1:103/705 to Lord Blackfair on Thu Aug 12 01:31:14 2021
    Re: Re: IP Address Filter
    By: Lord Blackfair to Benny Pedersen on Thu Aug 05 2021 09:49:29

    Fill that IPcan

    Country IP scopes and paste every from China. Much better to see IP.CAN bans than logon attempts, failed requests and "no terminal" time cuts.

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  • From Keith Cunningham@1:129/125 to Neko on Fri Aug 13 12:24:17 2021
    Re: Re: IP Address Filter
    By: Neko to Lord Blackfair on Thu Aug 12 2021 01:31 am


    Fill that IPcan

    Country IP scopes and paste every from China. Much better to see IP.CAN bans than logon attempts, failed requests and "no terminal" time cuts.
    I dont get login attempts. I run a captcha before login.

    Lord Blackfair (Blackfair's Manor) blackf.synchro.net
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:103/705 to Keith Cunningham on Fri Aug 13 21:05:00 2021
    Keith,

    I dont get login attempts. I run a captcha before login.

    And, you did an EXCELLENT job with that utility. :)

    Daryl

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  • From Tracker1@1:103/705 to Tim Whitson on Sun Sep 5 15:26:11 2021
    On 8/1/2021 9:04 PM, Tim Whitson wrote:
    Is there a maximum amount of IP addresses you can ban? I tried to ban 27.*.*.*
    since I get a lot of hack attacks from that series of IP addresses and one still got through.

    I wouldn't block an entire class a. 27.0.0.1/22 seems to be a block for Amazon, so likely seeing traffic from ECS hosts, and/or other use.
    Though there are other 27.* hosts.

    Would lookup the specific IP and shoot off an email to their [email protected] if it is one of their IP block.

    The most you should ever block is a class b, and not sure if
    Synchronet's ip.can allows for specific bitmasks, such as 27.0.0.1/22 or
    not. If you're on linux, or using a linux router, you may be able to do
    other settings to block this traffic.
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Tracker1 on Mon Sep 6 12:50:00 2021
    Re: Re: IP Address Filter
    By: Tracker1 to Tim Whitson on Sun Sep 05 2021 03:26 pm

    The most you should ever block is a class b, and not sure if
    Synchronet's ip.can allows for specific bitmasks, such as 27.0.0.1/22 or not.

    It does:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/config:filter_files#ipv4_cidr_notation
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    digital man

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  • From Tracker1@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Wed Sep 8 17:41:04 2021
    On 9/6/2021 12:50 PM, Digital Man wrote:
    The most you should ever block is a class b, and not sure if
    Synchronet's ip.can allows for specific bitmasks, such as 27.0.0.1/22 or
    not.

    It does:
    https://wiki.synchro.net/config:filter_files#ipv4_cidr_notation

    Cool, thanks... One minor addendum, if you're hosting a BBS message
    network, you may not want to do excessive blocking, as someone using AWS
    for their host won't be able to get mail.
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