Personally I'd have to disagree with that policy. I don't even offer a
web interface, but web/telnet would be the same for me - as in : If you
want a file from my BBS, create a user account and get it. Otherwise...
get it from somewhere else.

I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with doing
that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" and
"web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find any files that
are compressed. As many DOS executables were compressed when compiled, or
by pklite or some such afterwards, it is a good way to get yourself blacklisted.

So, I agree, they need an account.


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Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-

Personally I'd have to disagree with that policy. I don't even offer a
web interface, but web/telnet would be the same for me - as in : If you
want a file from my BBS, create a user account and get it. Otherwise...
get it from somewhere else.

I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with
doing that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" and "web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find
any files that are compressed. As many DOS executables were compressed when compiled, or by pklite or some such afterwards, it is a good way
to get yourself blacklisted.

Wow, did not even know about that aspect of things. Thanks for pointing
it out.

So, I agree, they need an account.

Yup. ;-)



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Re: Re: File down loads total
By: Dumas Walker to GAMGEE on Wed Sep 11 2024 13:30:00

I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with doing that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" and "web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find any files that

What's the scam - you need to pay them to get off their list?

I've never heard of this. I have very few files on my site so I may just be immune, but it's been wide open for years and nobody has tried to extort me that I'm aware of.

by pklite or some such afterwards, it is a good way to get yourself blacklisted.

Blacklisted where? What impact does this have?

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Re: Re: File down loads total
By: echicken to Dumas Walker on Wed Sep 11 2024 11:28 pm

Re: Re: File down loads total
By: Dumas Walker to GAMGEE on Wed Sep 11 2024 13:30:00

I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with doing that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" and "web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find any files that

What's the scam - you need to pay them to get off their list?

they just scrape the info and then use it for their services or sell it. they're bottom feeders.

they also do it a LOT and never stop.
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I used to let anonymous users grab files here but the problem with doing that is that it also opens up your file areas to those "virus scanner" an
"web safety" scammers who will flag your IPA if they find any files that

What's the scam - you need to pay them to get off their list?

Based on my experience, you do need to be a paying customer of their
product before they will remove you from their list. Once they realize you
are not a customer, they will pretty much ignore you.

IMHO the scam is that they are able to make users believe they are doing
them any good.

I've never heard of this. I have very few files on my site so I may just be immune, but it's been wide open for years and nobody has tried to extort me that I'm aware of.

Extort is a big word. They will add your IPA to a blacklist and it will
cause people trying to connect with you issues.

by pklite or some such afterwards, it is a good way to get yourself blacklisted.

Blacklisted where? What impact does this have?

Somewhere that a lot of the virus scan/protection programs use to determine
if your system should be allowed to access a website or not.

A caller sent me a screenshot of their windows machine when it tried to
connect here. It blocked the site, even blocked it when they tried to
telnet. MRO also tried it and got blocked.

binkd calls, in *and* out, were getting blocked between me and a couple of nodes. The callers and nodes were able to fix the issue by whitelisting my address. I don't remember if the website block allowed an option to continue, but the telnet, binkd, etc., connections were blocked with no option.

I was able to find the list and determined that *one scanner* site had blacklisted my site because I had files that were compressed. All the
other sites that were listed as scanning here had it marked clean. I don't
use windows so I had no reason to remember the name of the crap software
that was blocking everything.

I blacklisted their IPA blocks here so they cannot scan anymore, and set
the file areas so they could no longer be accessed by "casual" contact.


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