BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Clogged Nodes
De:       Nightfox
Data:     Thu, 21 May 2026 10:29:57 -0700
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  bBynb: hcGrease bto cAll bon cWed May 20 2026 04:16 pmn

 Gr> Does it seem like more and more bots are clogging up available nodes? When
 Gr> I had my last bbs, it didn't seem this bad. What do y'all do? Add more
 Gr> nodes? Or will they just get clogged up too?

I've noticed an increase in bot activity in the last few weeks.

In sbbs.ini, in the [BBS] section, there's the setting MaxConcurrentConnections, which lets you limit the number of concurrent connections from the same client.  I used to have that set to 8, and I reduced it to 2.

Also, in recent versions of Synchronet (3.20 and 3.21), there are some settings for maximum amount of time for inactivity, such as MaxLoginInactivity and MaxDumbTermInactivity, that you can set so that inactive clients get disconnected after an amount of time.

This page on the wiki describes some techniques you can use to limit this activity from clients & bots:

https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:block-hackers

Nightfox
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