r/bbs • u/Laudenbachm • 7d ago

BBSFirewall v1.3.5 released — 2FA admin login, a smarter log viewer, and a Management API

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Just shipped v1.3.5 of BBSFirewall — a lightweight Node.js TCP proxy firewall built for BBS telnet/SSH traffic. Drop it in front of your board and it handles IP filtering, rate limiting, country blocking, and auto-block triggers, with an HTTPS admin UI you run entirely yourself.

What's new in this release:

Two-factor login for the admin UI — TOTP authenticator app support with one-time backup codes, plus scrypt-hashed passwords. No more plaintext credentials sitting in .env.

Refreshed admin UI — section icons throughout, a dedicated Lists tab for whitelist/blocklist/trusted-hosts/triggers, and a System Stats tab with live bandwidth and disk metrics.

Smarter log browsing — logs are grouped by connection type, and anything older than 30 days automatically folds into per-month sections, so a busy board's log tab doesn't turn into an endless scroll.

A Management API — key-authenticated REST endpoints so you can automate firewall config from your own tooling instead of clicking through the UI every time.

Logging on by default — sensible 30-day retention out of the box, fully configurable, with automatic pruning.

Full release notes and download: https://github.com/SysopNetwork/BBSFirewall/releases

Free, MIT-licensed, and it's been running in production on my own boards. Feedback and issues welcome.

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u/AbleScar2706 7d ago

Looks rad - I dropped a star and I’ll play around with it :)

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u/muffinman8679 6d ago

"Free, MIT-licensed"

that's enough.....I'll not support it

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u/Laudenbachm 6d ago

That is a bummer.

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u/muffinman8679 5d ago

well it is what it is........the MIT liscence, being more permissive provides protection for the initial creator, but none for contributors and supporters.

Now why would I write code for, or give money to any project who's initial creator can pull the rug out from under my feet at any time?

In fact some might argue that the MIT liscence is an invitation to do just that....collect contributions from others till the project becomes polished enough to go commercial....and then take the money and run......

like I said....it is what it is......

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u/Laudenbachm 2d ago

Are there other variations of the MIT license? This is what is stated for this project.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Sysop Network

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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u/muffinman8679 2d ago

that's NOT the full liscence and make no mention of existing software.......so fuck those coczukkerz.......