On 27 Jan 2021, Brian Klauss said the following...

Re: Re: Run a BBS on a Linux Server
By: Benny Pedersen to Phillip Taylor on Sun Nov 15 2020 06:32 pm

is there any better telnet port that is more safe to use ?

retoric all internet service is based on telnet, so only ssl is a secui layer on top of it, all the remaining ports is basicly still telnet

If you keep an eye on your inbound traffic and immediately create a rule to "can" the IP or IP-range, you protect yourself a little better.

If it helps, I created a rule for fail2ban that supports the Mystic BBS log,
so it can block attacks, probes, etc.

I could adapt it to other softwares, if I am provided with appropriate log files.

Cheers.

PS: This is what I refer to: http://darkgame.buanzo.org/mystic/

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: DaRK Game BBS (4:900/107)

On Mon 9-Nov-2020 12:29 , Nigel Reed@1:124/5016.0 said to Alan Ianson:

Or run synchronet which has no problem with the telnet port on port 23
even
with bots.

I use different ports to stop the bots and its much more effective.


Phil
--- CNet/5
* Origin: 1:275/201.0 (1:275/201.30)