On 28 Jun 18  08:31:34, Mark Lewis said the following to Nick Andre:

ML>  NA> If a non-ANSI user calls here, I know that 99% of the time its a
ML>  NA> script-kid. So I added a CAPTCHA; meaning, type the phrase you see. If
ML>  NA> you answer wrong, your IP address is blacklisted in the
NET2BBS "kill"
ML>  NA> file. A blacklisted system is trapped and disconnected before the BBS
ML>  NA> loads. I write a seperate process that resets the kill file once a
ML>  NA> week in the case of a false-positive.
ML> 
ML> that's similar to what i do here except i use an IDS on my firewall... ISP

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An interesting read. Yes, ISP modems are garbage. Totally agreed.

Ever since I wrote the "hooks" into Renegade to do what I wanted
it to do, the
statistics are more accurate, the computer is not needlessly loading the BBS 
on a call, etc... its just much more efficient here.

Nick

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