Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Note - ISP Screwed Up - Can WRITE But Not SEE Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:20:12 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <0889c7df-0eb1-80f8-96bf-577e17728465@example.net> References: <20250122210010.2353d60f@ryz.dorfdsl.de> <74ac8126-3732-0c2d-ef7e-87766df419ac@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="959236"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64729 On Fri, 24 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> methods today to get your hands on binaries than trawling through >> newsgroups downloading and integrating small compressed files. >> > > Most servers have dropped the binaries, but that doesn't stop someone > ouplading a load of crap to a text NG If that is the case, then either people don't bother, or most, if not all, usenet hosts block it very effectively. I have never seen anyone upload binaries in any of the groups I follow. >>> It does take a bit of looking after. If you let everyone access it before >>> you know it there is a huge amount of illegal shit being transferred on >>> legitimate newsgroups, ratware is smashing against every door it can find >>> and people are trying to DOS it just because someone called them out for >>> being a doofus. >> >> It is very interesting! How long before someone would try and destroy your >> publicly available free news server? ;) >> > These days a month or two. > > I play and online MPORPG - apperenly someone who got thrown off it for > breaking the rules flooded it with gigabits per second to trash it. > I mean its only a game FFS! This is very sad. I bet if they met many beautiful women, they would stop wasting time on trying to take down gaming servers. ;) >> On the other hand, one could always hope that the nr of people who even >> know what it is is so small that it could live happily unmoderated! >> > There is ratware out there that probes all well known ports on any IP address > there is and publishes what they find. > My two online servers are bombarded with ssh requests to log as root or any > other name. I don't accept password login attempts on my ssh, and I moved the default port. It takes care of most of the scripts. > The SMTP port is also subject to random attempts to authenticate as is the > POP3 port. > > In ten + years they never have cracked it. > >> On the other hand, if spam increases too much or the complaints keep piling >> up, maybe the peers will drop you? >> > I doubt it. 70% of usenet is spam or eejits anyway. > >>> But technically its not hard to do for a small community of users >> >> A hobby project for you? =) > > Got too many already. I'll let eternal September take the strain :-) Sounds reasonable!