Re: Small improvement to 'connect.mps'

[email protected] (Al DeRosa) Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:04:23 +1200
Newsgroups alt.bbs.mystic
Organization Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 16 Jun 2025, Scott Street said the following...
 
 SS> Some time ago, I installed connect.mps/x to help the robots from causing
 SS> mayhem to my telnet and telnets ports.  I also turned on the automatic
 SS> blacklisting function in MIS to avoid repeated nonsense from the
 SS> Internet.  That's been fine, but I really disliked the fact that it
 SS> slowed down my SSH connections.  So I have added a bit of code to
 SS> connect.mps to recognize that I'm coming in SSH (or RLOGIN) and if my
 SS> username is valid, the connection get to skip the "Press ESC twice to
 SS> continue..."

Scott you might also want to look at the Phenom Productions bot breaker. It 
allows SSH access by bypassing it completely .Mystic won't let a SSH connection 
through unless the handle and password match. 


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