• Bot Checker

    From Richard Vonzel@21:1/206 to All on Tue May 30 08:42:50 2023
    I'm looking for the Bot Checker script, anyone know where I can get it?

    Richard

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Richard Vonzel on Tue May 30 11:01:38 2023
    On 30 May 2023, Richard Vonzel said the following...

    I'm looking for the Bot Checker script, anyone know where I can get it? --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Windows/64)

    It's included with Mystic now. Check at:

    mystic\themes\default\scripts\botcheck.mps


    From botcheck.mps:

    BOTCHECK.MPS: Example script to force users to immediately press ESCAPE
    twice upon connection within 15 seconds or else their
    connection will be closed.

    To install: Copy this as "connect.mps" in your theme's script directory
    and then use MPLC to compile it (mplc -T will compile all theme scripts)


    Jay

    ... To the guy who invented zero, thanks for nothing

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  • From Richard Vonzel@21:1/206 to Warpslide on Tue May 30 20:16:07 2023
    It's included with Mystic now. Check at:

    mystic\themes\default\scripts\botcheck.mps


    No, it's not in mine. I'm running a48.

    Richard

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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Richard Vonzel on Tue May 30 21:55:52 2023
    On 30 May 2023, Richard Vonzel said the following...

    No, it's not in mine. I'm running a48.

    It was included in A48. Try running:

    install.exe extract botcheck.mps

    From the installer to get it.


    Jay

    ... The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar. It was tense!

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Warpslide on Tue May 30 19:02:27 2023
    I'm looking for the Bot Checker script, anyone know where I can get i --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Windows/64)

    It's included with Mystic now. Check at: mystic\themes\default\scripts\botcheck.mps

    w0w; I didn't know that... is it the StackFault one, or something else? Nice either way...



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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to paulie420 on Wed May 31 07:43:46 2023
    On 30 May 2023, paulie420 said the following...

    w0w; I didn't know that... is it the StackFault one, or something else? Nice either way...

    Not the StackFault one. The way this one is implemented it doesn't support ANSI, which isn't a deal breaker for me.


    Jay

    ... Why did the can crusher quit he job? He was soda pressed

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  • From Richard Vonzel@21:1/206 to Warpslide on Wed May 31 08:41:44 2023
    It was included in A48. Try running:

    install.exe extract botcheck.mps

    That worked, thanks.

    Richard

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Windows/64)
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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to paulie420 on Wed May 31 18:21:59 2023
    On 30 May 2023, paulie420 said the following...

    w0w; I didn't know that... is it the StackFault one, or something else? Nice either way...

    It's one g00r00 wrote.. I use Stackfaults, with a little modification to display a file instead of the basic press escape..

    Al

    ... Oxymoron: Race walking

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Warpslide on Wed May 31 18:36:29 2023
    w0w; I didn't know that... is it the StackFault one, or something els Nice either way...

    Not the StackFault one. The way this one is implemented it doesn't support ANSI, which isn't a deal breaker for me.

    Thanks for sharing - I'll have to take a peek at g00r00's botcheck.mps... I love that he always includes the MPS, and I wanna play around (more) with my ESCx2...

    I wanna do a HyperNODE-like A-Z, 1-9 instead of ESC, that alternates w/ each caller...



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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Bucko on Wed May 31 18:37:36 2023
    It's one g00r00 wrote.. I use Stackfaults, with a little modification to display a file instead of the basic press escape..

    I do similar, but since 2oFB isn't very ASCII friendly anyway, I do cheat and use custom ANSI fonts for the countdown timer.

    But I'm gonna take a l00k and try to modify it a bit m0re - as my last post said, I don't wanna use the ESC button for users who can't press it.



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  • From esc@21:4/173 to paulie420 on Wed May 31 23:06:44 2023
    But I'm gonna take a l00k and try to modify it a bit m0re - as my last post said, I don't wanna use the ESC button for users who can't press it.

    I support either 2xESC (that's me! twice!) or 2xTAB. I don't really have any bot issues so guess it works out :)

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to esc on Thu Jun 1 05:51:53 2023
    On 31 May 2023, esc said the following...

    I support either 2xESC (that's me! twice!) or 2xTAB. I don't really have any bot issues so guess it works out :)

    i've been hanging up on connections without ansi support for years lol. also just run on port 23. no bots ever manage to idle at the login prompt.

    ip ban list is several thousand lines sometimes though.. i think it starts to take a few seconds to make it through it.. normally i'd prefer to keep it but
    i gotta clear it.

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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to paulie420 on Thu Jun 1 19:32:31 2023
    On 31 May 2023, paulie420 said the following...

    I do similar, but since 2oFB isn't very ASCII friendly anyway, I do
    cheat and use custom ANSI fonts for the countdown timer.

    But I'm gonna take a l00k and try to modify it a bit m0re - as my last post said, I don't wanna use the ESC button for users who can't press it.


    Have them press a letter twice. Something like B for beers!

    ... Don't diet, download a virus to remove the FAT.

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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to fusion on Thu Jun 1 19:34:48 2023
    On 01 Jun 2023, fusion said the following...

    i've been hanging up on connections without ansi support for years lol. also just run on port 23. no bots ever manage to idle at the login
    prompt.

    I've been on 23 now since 2018. I was getting a lot of bot hits, and you are right not many ever manage to idle at the login prompt, with the bot checker they don't get that far. I have though locked out the communist countries at the router level.. LOL

    ... Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your trip in kilometers

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to fusion on Thu Jun 1 21:45:15 2023
    I support either 2xESC (that's me! twice!) or 2xTAB. I don't really h any bot issues so guess it works out :)

    i've been hanging up on connections without ansi support for years lol. also just run on port 23. no bots ever manage to idle at the login
    prompt.

    ip ban list is several thousand lines sometimes though.. i think it
    starts to take a few seconds to make it through it.. normally i'd prefer to keep it but i gotta clear it.

    I clear my BLACKLIST every year or so... too many 'good actors' get roped into the BLACKLIST.

    Also, I hate the new DENYLIST/ALLOWLIST; MASTER/SLAVE... beat it. :P



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  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to paulie420 on Tue Jun 20 11:09:00 2023
    I do it a different way. Instead of having people slap the ESC key, I have my BBS set up as an ANSI-only BBS and in the login I have a brief intro and ask people to press the number 1 on their keyboards. This logs them in as ANSI. The extra step of having to press the number 1 on the keyboard slows the bots down quite a bit.

    Of course they still call and call and call, but most of them don't make it to the actual login screen. After 3 failed logins, the get banned.

    ... Tech support is just a busy signal away

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