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    From xbit ops@VERT to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Sun Mar 9 09:44:28 2025
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/887

    Feature request:
    Much like Sync's Control Panel > Properties > Security Tab where you can delay/throttle/block/etc, this request would give the ability to recognize bots hitting Sync's webv4 service. Many bots can be recognized with the generation of 404 errors. Example:
    https://x-bit.org/info/downloads/bots.jpg

    Rational for request:
    Bot's can somewhat takeover the web logs as they tend to be very aggressive hitting quickly throughout day.

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  • From Keyop Troy@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sun Mar 9 15:16:23 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/887#note_6760

    I use fail2ban to achieve this. Follow here: https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:fail2ban

    I then added these lines to my /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/sbbs.conf jail config.

    [sbbs-web]
    enabled = true
    filter = sbbs-web
    action = iptables-allports[name=SBBS-web, protocol=all]
    logpath = /var/log/sbbs.log
    maxretry = 3
    findtime = 21600
    bantime = 21600

    and then my /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/sbbs-web.conf:

    [INCLUDES]
    before = common.conf

    [Definition]
    failregex = : web.*HTTP.*\[<HOST>\].*!ERROR:
    ignoreregex =

    Remember to do a:

    fail2ban-client reload

    to reload your new configs.

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  • From nelgin@VERT/EOTLBBS to All on Sun Mar 9 18:02:07 2025
    On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 09:44:28 -0700
    "xbit ops" (VERT) <VERT!xbit.ops@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/887

    Feature request:
    Much like Sync's Control Panel > Properties > Security Tab where you
    can delay/throttle/block/etc, this request would give the ability to recognize bots hitting Sync's webv4 service. Many bots can be
    recognized with the generation of 404 errors. Example: https://x-bit.org/info/downloads/bots.jpg

    Rational for request:
    Bot's can somewhat takeover the web logs as they tend to be very
    aggressive hitting quickly throughout day.

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    I find most of them adhere to robots.txt
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  • From xbit ops@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 10 03:13:33 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/887#note_6761

    This is a *nix only solution?

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  • From Keyop Troy@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Mar 10 13:38:29 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/887#note_6762

    There appears to be something called win2ban (https://itefix.net/win2ban) and F2B (https://github.com/vokac/F2B) for windows which look similar to fail2ban for linux.

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