06 Jul 15 11:07, you wrote to MARC LEWIS:

 DS> Marc,

 ML>> This system takes many hundreds of "hits" per day on
port 23. Bombing
 ML>> runs

 DS>   My BBS takes the same thing...and if a deal is in the cached IP file,
 DS> the connection is refused.

 ML>> It's amazing to look at the log file.

 DS>   I guess they have nothing better to do.

the thing is that no one is sitting there doing this manually... it is all
being done by bots and occasionally the operator will look over the
results... they don't care about the remote system... only if they can get
in and be able to use it as another bot in their herd... possibly scrounge
some personal info off of it...

)\/(ark

... Unless you happen to own the restaurant...there ain't no "free lunch."
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