-=> Sam Alexander wrote to All <=-

 SA> I'm finally in a place where I can setup a new board -- probably
 SA> will just be for my own benefit and the fun of doing it.  I'm
 SA> quite surprised at the barrage of connections I started getting
 SA> right out of the gate!  I'm getting telnet and ssh connections
 SA> almost constantly, about 3-5 a minute if not more.  Trying randon
 SA> usernames and such.  I guess this is normal now'days?  I'm
 SA> running sync at home over my broadband connection, so I guess
 SA> it's people just scanning ports and ip's.

 SA> Anyway just curious if this is quite common ... I remember it
 SA> being so last time I ran a telnet board 15+ years ago, but not to
 SA> this degree. Thanks- Sam

Yes, it is common/normal.

There is this page on the Wiki, which may offer some help with it:

http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers


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