I had a bit of a crash last night, and unfortunately, I wasn't able
to salvage data in the exec directory, but I did have backups of the
rest (ctrl, msgs, files, xtrn, textfiles, etc.). I was using the CAPTCHA
What data are you missing in exec? Normally exec should be kept stock, as anything you've modified should go into sbbs\mods or other directories. If you have backups of your other directories, you should be able to get the latest Synchronet binaries and other things for exec and be good to go.
What data are you missing in exec? Normally exec should be kept stock,
as anything you've modified should go into sbbs\mods or other
directories. If you have backups of your other directories, you should
be able to get the latest Synchronet binaries and other things for exec and be good to go.
What data are you missing in exec? Normally exec should be kept stock, as anything you've modified should go into sbbs\mods or other directories. If you have backups of your other directories, you should be able to get the latest Synchronet binaries and other things for exec and be good to go.
In short, all of it. I thought I had a backup, but the directory was
gone. I felt that if I tried to put the old data back in on top of the
new data that I'd corrupt things...so I zapped it. To make matters worse, the 2 USB external drives "quit"...one failed completely, and the other
one wouldn't let me restore data.
The other problem was when tried to run the xtrn-setup program, it
Twice, I've tried to update to 3.20, and have run into issues both times...so I'm going to stay with 3.19, unless there's a compelling
reason to upgrade to 3.20, even when the full package comes out. It's
Nightfox wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
Twice, I've tried to update to 3.20, and have run into issues both times...so I'm going to stay with 3.19, unless there's a compelling
reason to upgrade to 3.20, even when the full package comes out. It's
IMO, a good reason to upgrade is at least for the bug fixes. And
it doesn't cost any money to update Synchronet, so I don't think
there's any downside to upgrading. You'd also be missing out on
new features if you don't upgrade, but I suppose whether or not
you'll use any of those new features is what makes it a
"compelling" upgrade or not.
are usually with the bots), to 15 seconds for inactivity. They usually reconnect after getting dumped, and it has tied up all 4 nodes at times. But, if they enter "an invalid entry" (supervisor, root, sysop, admin, default, etc.), they get dropped, and a temporary ban (10 days) is put
on the IP.
*LOTS* of bug fixes, and *LOTS* of new features in 3.20 vs 3.19.
Re: Re: CAPTCHA with Synchronet
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Feb 27 2023 07:48 pm
*LOTS* of bug fixes, and *LOTS* of new features in 3.20 vs 3.19.
Fast question
What are the new features your talking about, I've been following the
development of 3.20 but may have missed a list of things new in it!
Havok wrote to Gamgee <=-
*LOTS* of bug fixes, and *LOTS* of new features in 3.20 vs 3.19.
Fast question
What are the new features your talking about, I've been
following the development of 3.20 but may have missed a list of
things new in it!
What are the new features your talking about, I've been following the
development of 3.20 but may have missed a list of things new in it!
https://gitlab.com/SynchronetBBS/sbbs/-/commits/master?ref_type=heads
IMO, a good reason to upgrade is at least for the bug fixes. And it doesn't cost any money to update Synchronet, so I don't think there's
any downside to upgrading. You'd also be missing out on new features
if you don't upgrade, but I suppose whether or not you'll use any of
those new features is what makes it a "compelling" upgrade or not.
With a Windows install of Synchronet you may want to try Peerblock small
little foot print program that has a option to make a list bad ip's in
any and all countries. I did a search and found one place that you can
make a list from of bot type peeps and it has worked very well.
I had a bit of a crash last night, and unfortunately, I wasn't able
to salvage data in the exec directory, but I did have backups of the
rest (ctrl, msgs, files, xtrn, textfiles, etc.).
I was using the CAPTCHA utility from Lord Blackfair at logon, but
while I had the captcha.src file...
With a Windows install of Synchronet you may want to try Peerblock small
little foot print program that has a option to make a list bad ip's in
any and all countries. I did a search and found one place that you can
make a list from of bot type peeps and it has worked very well.
I already have PeerBlock set up and running. However, for some of the ham radio traffic nets that I do, I had to disable it, as I couldn't connect to certain "reflectors" with the D-Star mode.
At least for the nets that I run, I can leave Peerblock enabled. The fee to renew the data files each year is only around $10...you can't get a good meal for that anymore!!
I already have PeerBlock set up and running. However, for some of the ham radio traffic nets that I do, I had to disable it, as I couldn't connect to certain "reflectors" with the D-Star mode.
As I was telling Nightfox, I found the ORIGINAL CAPTCHA utility that was done by Lord Blackfair. It first only had one set number with it (he later
released another version, which generates a different number with each new connect)...but I was able decompile it with the UNBAJA utility (if I recall
correctly).
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