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  • Small improvement to 'connect.mps'

    From Scott Street@1:266/625 to All on Mon Jun 16 14:53:34 2025
    Some time ago, I installed connect.mps/x to help the robots from causing mayhem
    to my telnet and telnets ports. I also turned on the automatic blacklisting function in MIS to avoid repeated nonsense from the Internet. That's been fine, but I really disliked the fact that it slowed down my SSH connections. So I have added a bit of code to connect.mps to recognize that I'm coming in SSH (or RLOGIN) and if my username is valid, the connection get to skip the "Press ESC twice to continue..."

    I added 4 lines:
    After the first Begin statement:
    If ((ServerType=1) or (ServerType=2)) and (UserLoginName<>'') and (UserLoginPW<>'') and IsUser(UserLoginName) Then Being
    Break;
    End Else
    ... (indent the rest of the function one level

    End;

    End. //original function end


    I hope this helps someone.

    Scott


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  • From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to Scott Street on Wed Jun 18 18:04:23 2025
    On 16 Jun 2025, Scott Street said the following...

    Some time ago, I installed connect.mps/x to help the robots from causing mayhem to my telnet and telnets ports. I also turned on the automatic blacklisting function in MIS to avoid repeated nonsense from the
    Internet. That's been fine, but I really disliked the fact that it
    slowed down my SSH connections. So I have added a bit of code to connect.mps to recognize that I'm coming in SSH (or RLOGIN) and if my username is valid, the connection get to skip the "Press ESC twice to 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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    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand (1:267/157@fidonet)
  • From Scott Street@1:266/625 to Al DeRosa on Wed Jun 18 21:37:47 2025
    On 18 Jun 2025, Al DeRosa said the following...

    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.

    I see; thanks for the tip; sort of like Telnet-S - which I've already implemented. I can post about that if anyone is interested.


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    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand (1:266/625@fidonet)
  • From Al DeRosa@1:267/157 to Scott Street on Thu Jun 19 16:15:02 2025
    On 18 Jun 2025, Scott Street said the following...


    I see; thanks for the tip; sort of like Telnet-S - which I've already implemented. I can post about that if anyone is interested.


    No sweat.. Enjoy...


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