Text 15207, 89 rader
Skriven 2011-09-03 07:09:00 av Dave Drum (54351.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 15196 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
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-=> Janis Kracht wrote to All <=-

 JK> Some turkey from NJ has decided to hit my system with a kiddie script
 JK> that adds new users oh about 10 or 20 at a time.  No big deal except it
 JK> starts busying-out the bbs/BBBS nodes so mail connections are impaired.

 JK> Rather than fight this moran for now and have him just switch ip
 JK> addresses (again), I've put a password in the system here for all new
 JK> users.  You have to email me at janis@filegate.net for the password
 JK> before you can log on as a new user.

 JK> This isn't nice to do to new users who dial up via modem, for sure..
 JK> but it's necessary right now.  I can catch those few guys who come in
 JK> via modem and give them the password... that or figure out a script to
 JK> give it to modem users automatically.  I should be able to do that with
 JK> BBBS's internal programming language.

This may be of interest to you ... clipped via cut & paste from a local echo:

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-=> Talon wrote to All <=-

 Ta> I recently set up a new web server (moving from lighttpd running on
 Ta> Solaris 10 to lighttpd running on Debian Linux) on the new system I set
 Ta> up a piece of software called denyhosts that checks your log files and
 Ta> bans IP addresses that try to use brute force to figure out logins and
 Ta> passwords on your system.

 Ta> by default denyhosts uses a tool called TCP wrappers to do this.
 Ta> (basically it adds lines to /etc/hosts.deny telling all services that
 Ta> know about tcp wrappers to reject connections from those addresses)

 Ta> However lighttpd (the web server software I use) does not have support
 Ta> for TCP wrappers. After looking around the net and finding nothing out
 Ta> there that adds support for it. I decided to write my own lighttpd
 Ta> module that does exactly that. It took me just a few hours to have
 Ta> something that works today.

 Ta> I could never do that with closed source software.

 Ta> you can read my blog at http://steubentech.com/~talon/blog
 Ta> if you are curious about the details.

 Ta> anyway since I don't have many to share this sort of thing with I
 Ta> decided to share it here.

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 I think you are very familiar with Linux - so, is that serendipity, or what?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Serendipity Bars
 Categories: Desserts, Chocolate, Cookies, Nuts, Fruits
      Yield: 24 bars

     18 oz Box cake mix
      2 lg Eggs
    1/2 c  Oil
      2 tb Water
    1/2    Bag Mini Marshmallows
      6 oz Chocolate chips
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts
    1/2 c  Raisins
 
  Mix all together in order given, pour into ungreased cake
  (9"x 13") pan. Bake at 350øF/175øC 15-20 minutes or until
  golden brown on top.

  Let cool for 30 min. then cut into bars.

  Hope you like. I usually use a white or yellow but it works
  wonderfully with all. 

  French vanilla has become the favorite though lately.
 
  Recipe By: Leanda Goss

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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