Re: large *.can files make things slow
  By: Nightfox to DaiTengu on Tue Jan 02 2024 09:37 am

 >   Re: large *.can files make things slow
 >   By: DaiTengu to MRO on Tue Jan 02 2024 11:00 am
 >
 >  MR>> So I have an ip.can file that is about 1.3 gigs large, and when it
 > gets
 >
 >  Da> Do you have some kind of automated system that dumps IPs in there?
 >
 > Synchronet itself seems to automatically put IPs in there when it detects
 > clients trying to reconnect too often?  I have a lot of entries in my ip.can
 > with comments that start with "; SMTP - TOO MANY CONSECUTIVE FAILED LOGIN
 > ATTEMPTS".  Same with SSH.

By default, Synchronet doesn't do that (stock sbbs.ini contains LoginAttemptFilterThreshold = 0). But yeah, it can do that, though the latest code using a different format for the metadata (not a comment, like you pasted here).
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