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  Re: sbbs telnet
  By: Kawasu to All on Tue Aug 19 2025 02:56 pm

 > I am trying to create a fail2ban setup to ban telnet
 > connections that just sit there and never login but I am not finding
 > where the telnet log would be running synchronet 3.21 on ubuntu

what i did was write a script where every ip that connects gets banned until 
they validate with my code.  then they are white listed.
still doesnt help.  unlimited supply of bots and scanners.
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