Yes, I still get port scans on port 2323, I get a LOT less than on port
23.
I got almost none when using port 11892.
You'll get a lot fewer *users* too. <shrug>
You'll get a lot fewer *users* too. <shrug>
Why? If people are savvy enough to connect to a BBS using telnet, surely they can change the port number in their client?
You'll get a lot fewer *users* too. <shrug>
Why? If people are savvy enough to connect to a BBS using telnet, surely they can change the port number in their client?
It's another thing to know about and do correctly, another barrier to
entry. Some users are savvy/capable, can figure things out on their
own, many are not. That's my experience anyway.
I've had my board on port 23 for 25+ years with no problems. On an XP
box.
while you could be fiddling around with a bbs
I think it more becomes a problem when you're running on something like a commodore 64 or something. I don't know, I don't have a problem either.
Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight
referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)
It doesn't matter. The script kiddies, as you call them, are just other servers pinging for open ports. They'll find you no matter which port
you move it to.
It also helps having a 'required keypress' to not initiate an auto disconnect. I've seen ESC*2 on some boards, mine is ENTER. Most bots
that hit my board get booted by that alone.
Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)
Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.
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By: Alonzo to Digital Man on Sun Dec 15 2024 08:03 pm
Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes (very rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)
Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.
Oh, interesting. I'd heard/seen SLBBS in reference to Searchlight, but not SBBS. e.g. https://slbbs.org/
Alonzo wrote to Digital Man <=-
Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS files was named SBBS.
Yeah, I ran a Searchlight board for several years and it was always
referred to as SBBS. In fact I think the default file directory for the BBS
files was named SBBS.
Anyone remember the story of the breakdown and how it became 'open
source' or at least used by other FTNs???
Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)
Hey hey, the default directory structure for SL is SLBBS, I'm one of the few SLBBS's running today, been online since 1988 infact :-)
Oh, that didn't occur to me. I'm kind of used to "SBBS" sometimes rarely now) referring to SuperBBS, but I'd never seen Searchlight referred to as "SBBS". If that's the case, my bad. :-)
You know what, guys? I may be wrong. It was a long time ago and
my brain doesn't work as well as it used to. Maybe Searchlight
BBS was know as SLBBS and not SBBS. I am sorry if I confused anyone.
What is the name of your board? Most likely, I used to call
it back in the day. Mine was called The Lost City.
Hiya Alonzo,
It's called The Trashcan BBS, located in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Nick.
What is the name of your board? Most likely, I used to callIt's called The Trashcan BBS, located in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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