On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:33:52 -0700
"Sam Alexander"  wrote:

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

very common.

Example, on my fairly open linux box, these are all the attempted ssh
connections within 24 hours. Deal with it with fail2ban or something
similar - that I have but seems I need to tweak it.

       unknown (122.187.114.134): 50 Time(s)
       unknown (104.42.148.242): 40 Time(s)
       unknown (80.248.67.11): 33 Time(s)
       unknown (13.77.174.169): 29 Time(s)
       unknown (45.173.207.238): 29 Time(s)
       unknown (157.245.139.92): 26 Time(s)
       unknown (20.101.118.63): 26 Time(s)
       unknown (40.113.243.220): 26 Time(s)
       unknown (161.35.111.48): 25 Time(s)
       unknown (186.204.53.1): 25 Time(s)
       unknown (187.120.9.30): 25 Time(s)
       unknown (143.244.170.127): 23 Time(s)
       unknown (2.39.147.86): 23 Time(s)
       unknown (36.91.166.34): 23 Time(s)
       unknown (106.12.21.202): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (106.52.193.249): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (134.209.212.125): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (144.24.216.133): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (159.223.148.195): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (159.223.51.213): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (177.200.1.61): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (181.129.166.202): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (181.218.40.74): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (182.253.117.99): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (183.82.96.133): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (202.165.66.104): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (218.55.101.162): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (27.128.233.119): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (36.255.8.153): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (43.155.90.89): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (82.130.209.51): 22 Time(s)
       unknown (107.150.103.23): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (137.184.85.50): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (157.245.193.50): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (162.243.169.147): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (164.92.208.210): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (167.172.90.213): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (178.140.56.159): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (188.124.230.230): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (20.136.1.73): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (207.244.250.243): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (210.204.190.9): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (217.160.13.99): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (43.134.211.59): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (43.154.141.169): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (43.243.206.115): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (49.232.173.143): 21 Time(s)
       unknown (106.54.203.54): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (142.120.243.103): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (161.35.219.53): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (20.82.120.178): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (43.154.105.79): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (43.155.82.137): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (68.183.7.120): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (69.55.61.96): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (89.143.15.210): 20 Time(s)
       unknown (118.113.15.18): 19 Time(s)
       unknown (206.189.86.91): 19 Time(s)
       unknown (43.154.49.251): 19 Time(s)
       unknown (103.35.165.190): 18 Time(s)
       unknown (117.236.151.130): 18 Time(s)
       unknown (147.182.189.196): 18 Time(s)
       unknown (43.132.155.95): 18 Time(s)
       unknown (8.209.197.37): 18 Time(s)
       unknown (180.76.144.163): 17 Time(s)
       unknown (43.154.189.23): 17 Time(s)
       unknown (43.155.116.235): 17 Time(s)
       unknown (103.181.143.44): 15 Time(s)
       unknown (43.155.86.169): 15 Time(s)
       unknown (106.12.161.226): 14 Time(s)
       unknown (43.154.195.100): 13 Time(s)
       unknown (180.76.58.57): 12 Time(s)
       unknown (182.150.57.21): 12 Time(s)
       unknown (182.74.114.198): 12 Time(s)
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