I didn't realize that the CAPTCHA mod by Phenom was out in the open... I added it to 2o fOr beeRS today, and just an update line 143 needs to be updated to the new hangup menucmd. It also REQUIRES you to insert "" for data, else the hangup won't work properly...

Line 149 needs to be:
bbs.menucmd("GI", "")

Other than that, the MPY still works great... nice little addition, IMO.



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I didn't realize that the CAPTCHA mod by Phenom was out in the open... I added it to 2o fOr beeRS today, and just an update line 143 needs to be

Is that the "Press ESCAPE twice" thing?

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I didn't realize that the CAPTCHA mod by Phenom was out in the open.. added it to 2o fOr beeRS today, and just an update line 143 needs to

Is that the "Press ESCAPE twice" thing?

This is the 'type dslkfjlkdsafjasldkjfFUCKERkjdslfaksjdf' thing.



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Re: Re: PN-MAPTCHA
By: paulie420 to Shitty on Fri Jan 22 2021 06:37 pm

I didn't realize that the CAPTCHA mod by Phenom was out in the
open.. added it to 2o fOr beeRS today, and just an update line
143 needs to

Is that the "Press ESCAPE twice" thing?

I notice you have that, AND the press ESCAPE thing.
How many times do I have to prove I'm a hooman?

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I notice you have that, AND the press ESCAPE thing. How many times do I have to prove I'm a hooman?

That's probably because he doesn't belive you are a hooman.

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Is that the "Press ESCAPE twice" thing?

I notice you have that, AND the press ESCAPE thing.
How many times do I have to prove I'm a hooman?

I think the Esc-twice and a captcha is perfect... :P

Stops all the BS on me end, without the ...

oh God. I'll get in trouble here; without the super FBI looking threat sentry thing - that Stackfault is awesome for pulling off... but reminds me of 'stock Mystic cool dude' installs. :P

You're much more knowledgable and hacky than I, Stackfault!!!, but you already knew that. :P



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Re: Re: PN-MAPTCHA
By: paulie420 to Bob Roberts on Fri Feb 05 2021 06:53 pm

I notice you have that, AND the press ESCAPE thing.
How many times do I have to prove I'm a hooman?

I think the Esc-twice and a captcha is perfect... :P

Stops all the BS on me end, without the ...
oh God. I'll get in trouble here; without the super FBI looking threat sentry thing - that Stackfault is awesome for pulling off... but reminds me of 'stock Mystic cool dude' installs. :P

I like Stack Faults Press ESCAPE twice because it has those big ANSI countdown numbers.

I'm not sure you need both the catchpa and the Escape. Maybe one or the other.
Or can it remember the IP address after you do the catchpa once, and not make you do it again?

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I like Stack Faults Press ESCAPE twice because it has those big ANSI countdown numbers.

I'm not sure you need both the catchpa and the Escape. Maybe one or the other. Or can it remember the IP address after you do the catchpa once, and not make you do it again?

So... Maptcha DOES normally read the IP and sets a flag for the user... if flag
is present, it doesn't show maptcha to the user anymore.

However, I have it setup to display PRIOR to login so... my users have to type it every time. I curated the wordlist, so it 'fits' with my theme... which is dumb, but users will see hacky, hustley words if they return often.

I really like the maptcha thing. AND threat sentry is also awesome, altho different featureset. SF is a SOLID mod creater. Its neat that we can modify and line things up just how we like em. :P



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on 05 Feb 2021, paulie420 said...

I think the Esc-twice and a captcha is perfect... :P

While some of these more elaborate mods are no doubt very cool pieces of work, honestly, I require a single ESC on Distortion and I've yet to observe a script/bot that has defeated it.

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While some of these more elaborate mods are no doubt very cool pieces of work, honestly, I require a single ESC on Distortion and I've yet to observe a script/bot that has defeated it.

I like the dual esc thing simply because that's how frontdoor and intermail worked back in the day :P

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on 06 Feb 2021, ryan said...

I like the dual esc thing simply because that's how frontdoor and intermail worked back in the day :P

Yeah, I had originally implemented it that way for that exact reason, but it occurred to me that to anyone who wasn't around networked boards back in the dial-up days it would only be an extra annoyance on top of serving no
practical purpose. Besides, you can still hit ESC twice if it makes you
happy. ;)

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I think the Esc-twice and a captcha is perfect... :P

While some of these more elaborate mods are no doubt very cool pieces of work, honestly, I require a single ESC on Distortion and I've yet to observe a script/bot that has defeated it.

j A C K p H L A S H !

I did notice your bot/script and love how quickly you get past it. I'll admit that I run what I *think* looks cool and shows the user that I'm current or...

It certainly isn't needed. Good to KNOW that less is more.



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Besides, you can still hit ESC twice if it
makes you happy. ;)

j A C K p H L A S H !

LOL! I'm gonna type in 'captcha' at the user login, too. pphhbbttt.



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on 07 Feb 2021, paulie420 said...

I did notice your bot/script and love how quickly you get past it. I'll admit that I run what I *think* looks cool and shows the user that I'm current or...

It certainly isn't needed. Good to KNOW that less is more.

Yeah, the only issue with mine is that it'll instantly disconnect you the second you hit the wrong key, which is easy to do one accident. The later version that I've got running in front of my Instinct board is a lot less obnoxious. I'll update this one to work similarly sooner or later. ;)

(...and yeah, I agree that the one you run looks cool!)

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Yeah, I had originally implemented it that way for that exact reason,
but it occurred to me that to anyone who wasn't around networked boards back in the dial-up days it would only be an extra annoyance on top of serving no practical purpose. Besides, you can still hit ESC twice if it makes you happy. ;)

I think distortion's implementation of the 'esc' challenge is that any
/other/ keypress will result in a dropped carrier, right? This is probably pretty effective.

I have the dual esc/dual tab config with a 15 second timeout. It's probably annoying but I'm the only person that logs into my board anyway and I fear change. So it's here to stay. muahaha.

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on 08 Feb 2021, ryan said...

I think distortion's implementation of the 'esc' challenge is that any /other/ keypress will result in a dropped carrier, right? This is
probably pretty effective.

Yep. The other implementation I referred to gives the user x keypresses (I think it's 10? it's been a while since I wrote that script) before disconnecting them, so it's a bit less brutal and probably still just as effective.

I have the dual esc/dual tab config with a 15 second timeout. It's probably annoying but I'm the only person that logs into my board anyway and I fear change. So it's here to stay. muahaha.

Ha! Yeah, well, I think most BBS people wouldn't blink at being asked to hit escape twice, of course. It's the newcomers who I think would be most
affected. I'm probably making this sound like a bigger deal than it is, I'm just explaining my own thought process for why I did it the way I did it.

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Ha! Yeah, well, I think most BBS people wouldn't blink at being asked to hitescape twice, of course. It's the newcomers who I think would be most affected. I'm probably making this sound like a bigger deal than it is, I'mjust explaining my own thought process for why I did it the way I did it.

But where is the esc key on my phone?

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But where is the esc key on my phone?

So, I connect to my board via fTelnet on my iPad and it lacks an escape key
(I have the case with the keyboard). So, I've added "TAB" functionality as well. Works great. :P

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Ha! Yeah, well, I think most BBS people wouldn't blink at being asked to hit escape twice, of course. It's the newcomers who I think would be most affected. I'm probably making this sound like a bigger deal than it is, I'm just explaining my own thought process for why I did it the way I
did it.

Fuck newcomers! My BBS is just for old timers like me. The last thing I ever enjoy doing is teaching noobs how to quote messages :P hahaha

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On 08 Feb 2021, Netsurge said the following...

Ha! Yeah, well, I think most BBS people wouldn't blink at being asked hitescape twice, of course. It's the newcomers who I think would be m affected. I'm probably making this sound like a bigger deal than it i I'mjust explaining my own thought process for why I did it the way I it.

But where is the esc key on my phone?

I have an escape key on my phone. but I don't use a stock keyboard.

And if I were using Termius Telnet App on my phone, I believe it provide an escape button as well.

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But where is the esc key on my phone?

I have an escape key on my phone. but I don't use a stock keyboard.

And if I were using Termius Telnet App on my phone, I believe it provide anescape button as well.

I initially meant the comment as a joke, but I now have been educated on two methods to avoid hitting the esc key while using my phone to connect to my bbs (which I don't do anyway), lol.

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On 09 Feb 2021, Netsurge said the following...

I have an escape key on my phone. but I don't use a stock keyboard.

And if I were using Termius Telnet App on my phone, I believe it prov anescape button as well.

I initially meant the comment as a joke, but I now have been educated on two methods to avoid hitting the esc key while using my phone to connect to my bbs (which I don't do anyway), lol.

I figured you were saying that jokingly.

But since I'm actually running my BBS on a phone, I figured that I'd chime in.

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on 08 Feb 2021, Netsurge said...

But where is the esc key on my phone?

Oh yeah, I forgot, another bonus is that it also keeps dirty phone plebs out.

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oh God. I'll get in trouble here; without the super FBI looking threat sentry thing - that Stackfault is awesome for pulling off... but reminds

For sysops who don't use a matrix menu (logon/apply/info/goodbye) I think they could just use the matrix menu to make that action work.

But what good does it do? Keeps nodes from being busy with bots?

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But where is the esc key on my phone?

You'd have to use the fTelnet keyboard on the fTelnet app.

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On 09 Feb 2021, Shitty said the following...

But where is the esc key on my phone?

You'd have to use the fTelnet keyboard on the fTelnet app.

If you could get fTelbet app to work. It didnpt like my phone.

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Ha! Yeah, well, I think most BBS people wouldn't blink at being asked hit escape twice, of course. It's the newcomers who I think would be affected. I'm probably making this sound like a bigger deal than it i I'm just explaining my own thought process for why I did it the way I did it.

Fuck newcomers! My BBS is just for old timers like me. The last thing I ever enjoy doing is teaching noobs how to quote messages :P hahaha

Lol, thats what I want to do. :P We need them newbies to come around more often
and keep us growing. Not to worry, I'm on it.

Printing up old-time fliers for around the city... complete with tear-off www addresses that explain BBSes and how to connect to 2ofOr. LOL.



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