Spun up a Windows XP vm to try out synchronet after having some
struggles on Linux (x64). Figured XP would be the best choice for
full compatibility- dos, etc.
sbbsctrl.exe throws 'The procedure entry point inet_ntop could not be
located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.dll'
I would enjoy staying on XP if it's not too much bother. There's something cool about an "old" stack... but I have no problem with going to a newer windows if that's what needs to happen.
Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: dragon to MRO on Sun Jul 10 2022 09:48 pm
> > OH NO! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE. COME BACK!
>
> > good luck with limewire too.
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> > � Synchronet � ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::
>
> So, what do you feel like you accomplished with this? I'm curious.
that some asshole who keeps coming here under other names a few times a year. Are you shedding a tear for him? the angry guy that thinks it's okay to run xp on a vm and become a botnet. what great things he could have contributed.
what do you feel you accomplish by portscanning the whole internet and making a list?
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Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: cadeon to Digital Man on Fri Jul 08 2022 12:09 pm
It appears I fixed the 2 dependencies (inet_ntop() and bcrypt.dll), so give tonight's build for Windows a try on XP. It worked for me in an XP-SP3 VM.
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Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: dragon to MRO on Mon Jul 11 2022 02:07 pm
>
> I think you did little to convince him that running XP might be bad.
> You just chased him off. I wouldn't call that a "win", but I really
> don't understand your goals.
i don't give a shit what you think or what you call things.
> It's interesting to see how confident you are that your half-baked
> opinions are fundamental "truths".
i'm glad you find me interesting.
and my opinion about windows xp IS SOOOOO FUCKING HALF BAKED, isn't it.
> I'm not scanning the Internet. I'm reading the reports of big companies
> that are scanning the Internet at scale. Occasionally I'll scan an IP
> when it looks like they might have changed their BBS port from what I
> have in the database.
whatever dude. you are part of the problem. we are probably getting more attacks because of your website. my friend was running a majorbbs at home and didn't even advertise and there it is on your site, NAMED, even.
> I think there are more than a few people that think what I'm doing has
> some value, but mainly it amuses me, which is really what matters.
maybe you should sell your lists(if you aren't already doing so).
>
> Why do you troll around message bases treating strangers like crap?
> Different strokes, I guess.
I can't remember if i told you to fuck off. but fuck off.
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Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: dragon to MRO on Mon Jul 11 2022 02:07 pm
>> what do you feel you accomplish by portscanning the whole internet and
>> making a list?
dr> I think there are more than a few people that think what I'm doing has
dr> some value, but mainly it amuses me, which is really what matters.
I very much like your list and the statistics and resources on your page.
My BBS is constantly hit with attacks. Constantly. But it doesn't take long to figure out that they are scripts targeting Linux systems to get root access, hitting anything that answers telnet or ssh with any kind of login prompt. Nothing to do with your page.
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Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: dragon to MRO on Mon Jul 11 2022 02:07 pm
>> what do you feel you accomplish by portscanning the whole internet and
>> making a list?
dr> I think there are more than a few people that think what I'm doing has
dr> some value, but mainly it amuses me, which is really what matters.
I very much like your list and the statistics and resources on your page.
My BBS is constantly hit with attacks. Constantly. But it doesn't take long to figure out that they are scripts targeting Linux systems to get root access, hitting anything that answers telnet or ssh with any kind of login prompt. Nothing to do with your page.
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Re: Re: 3.19b not compatible with Windows XP?
By: Xerxes to dragon on Tue Jul 12 2022 01:38 pm
> dr> I think there are more than a few people that think what I'm doing has
> dr> some value, but mainly it amuses me, which is really what matters.
>
> I very much like your list and the statistics and resources on your page.
>
> My BBS is constantly hit with attacks. Constantly. But it doesn't take
> long to figure out that they are scripts targeting Linux systems to get root
and those scripts use lists like this guy to find servers on the internet to attack. this guy is doing all the hard work for them.
it's already working. look at all the spam.
now imagine what else is happening that we do not see.
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On 7/9/22 14:05, Tim Radde wrote:
If they run in a VM? Who would care. Not like some hacker going to
be able to cause much of a problem there. If you've got nothing on
your Windows system of interest then once again who cares. Oh, you
care. Then don't run it which you don't.
Well, there are escalation attacks into VM host environments, so depends
on the VM host and how old it is. Beyond this, it doesn't take much to
be joined into a botnet harming others, it doesn't even take
administrative privileges. You may not care about *YOUR* system, but
when your systems attack mine, I care quite a lot.
On 7/9/22 08:56, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
There is a version called TinyXP that strips out most everything from the full version, including all of the apps (including IE) and theoretically would have a much smaller attack surface than plain Windows. It's also tiny and runs in a small VM nicely - when I ran it, it idled at 118 MB of RAM and ran my BBS in a 512 MB VM nicely.
I don't know if it's still a valid option.
Should be, and while I would generally avoid using Windows altogether
for anything facing the internet, if I wanted to use an older version of windows, that's likely what I'd do... Did similar with slim win98 for a while...
Would also add in a software firewall, and severely restrict inbound/outbound access, and maybe even isolate it from talking to
anything else other than the router entirely.
But the best thing is to just do things the right way the first time.^ I agree completely. But OS selection is not the silver bullet to building a sane/secure hosting environment. It's part of it, and depending on what you select, you will have differing sets of other things you need to do in order to host responsibly; many of the things touched on in this thread included.
Router:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256803804266682.html
LTE Modem:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2251832653372597.html
don't burn your house down with those things.
That's cool... I've got a 4-port intel mini box that has 4x 2.5Gb
ports I'll be playing with next weekend.
I keep seeing people running high-powered boxes as routers and running pfSense as a VM, for the time being I'm sticking with my appliance
router. Running OpenWRT it seems to do OK for my needs; a 64 bit ARM processor and 512 GB of RAM should suffice.
I did see an interesting youtube video about a thin client with a
PCI-e slot, for around $100 the tuber got the client, some cabling
needed, and a 4-port gig ethernet card. 2.5ge a possibility, too.
Tempting.
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