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  • Added RBL lookups on connection via DroneDL.

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 16:10:58 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3654

    Why 'NXDOMAIN' as a magic string to return and check for? `resove_ip()` returns `null` on failure to resolve, so just check for a non-truth result of `checkip()` and return the return value of `resolve_ip()` here.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 16:13:24 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3655

    So here (and later) `checkip()` is returning `false`, but the code that checks the return value of `checkip()` only checks for 'NXDOMAIN' and `undefined` as handles those as expected return values.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 17:24:22 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3656

    hard-coding the DNSBL server? Icky.

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  • From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 20:12:23 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3657

    Because I suck and I did what works for me just so we can get it working and stop the bots.

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  • From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 20:12:42 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3658

    I thought I changed these to just return; rather than return false;. I'll have to check.

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  • From Nigel Reed@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 20:13:36 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3659

    It was either that or wait a week while I figure out how to add it to the ircd config. Sorry I bothered, I'm sure.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 20:26:29 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3661

    You'd want to return a value in all cases, not just `return;`

    But make sure you're actually checking-for/handling the possible return values in the caller.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 7 20:28:26 2023
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3662

    or just use `function checkip(ip, rbl)` and then pass the hard-coded (for now) DNSBL server at the call site. Then in the future, when someone adds the configurability, this function would still need no change.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nigel Reed on Fri Jul 7 22:58:14 2023
    Re: Added RBL lookups on connection via DroneDL.
    By: Nigel Reed to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 07 2023 08:12 pm

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3657

    Because I suck and I did what works for me just so we can get it working and stop the bots.

    are you getting those supernets attacks.
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to MRO on Fri Jul 7 21:21:40 2023
    Re: Added RBL lookups on connection via DroneDL.
    By: MRO to Nigel Reed on Fri Jul 07 2023 10:58 pm

    Re: Added RBL lookups on connection via DroneDL.
    By: Nigel Reed to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Fri Jul 07 2023 08:12 pm

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/297#note_3657

    Because I suck and I did what works for me just so we can get it working and stop the bots.

    are you getting those supernets attacks.

    Yup.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Digital Man on Sat Jul 8 12:53:27 2023
    Re: Added RBL lookups on connection via DroneDL.
    By: Digital Man to MRO on Fri Jul 07 2023 09:21 pm


    Because I suck and I did what works for me just so we can get it working and stop the bots.

    are you getting those supernets attacks.

    Yup.

    Those dipshits do that stuff around every holiday.

    Really, the best thing to stop like 99% of that stuff is to run your ircd on a non standard port. i dropped 6667 and only use ssl now and i don't get any attacks.

    I was surprised they didn't even find me on april floods day.
    Last year i stopped a lot of their attacks just by banning strings in their script, but i see now they are masking it.
    https://i.imgur.com/UZyiQJL.png

    Right now, They are attacking my channels on efnet. most activity it's seen all year.

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