• Blocking FTP Bots

    From Kevin@VERT/MMN to DARYL STOUT on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 08:20:00
    I've had scores of FTP bots slamming into the system, with a quick successive and repetitive connect then disconnect, which can lock up
    the nodes. By putting "no name" into the host.can file, it blocks
    them, but it cuts off access for legitimate users wanting to use
    anonymous FTP.

    Aside from them setting up an account, or using the Guest account,
    is there anything I can do??

    Depending on what your network is like, I use a frontend server with
    CSF firewall and HAProxy (although for FTP you might need something else
    like ftp-proxy) to deal with the known problems. I get CSF to download a
    number of blacklists, which for the most part wi


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