Hello again!

I've been fighting the processes to setup a proper url for the BBS. In essence, I would like bbs.mydomain.com to load up the BBS on theuser-defined port.

I am using a Synology NAS and have setup the Reverse Proxy function in the Control Panel. I've added three A records to the domain name which resides on Cloudflare.com.

I am able to successfully PING the subdomain.domain.com and it resolves to my proxied public IP address. However, when I attempt to use that format in 'nodelist' to make a call out, it times out without resolving.

What else am I missing to make this happen?

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ooO(# .)Ooo
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Lair of the Wolverine | bbs.mywire.org:23016

... Some people have no idea what they're doing, and are really good at it!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

On 20 Dec 2023, Patch said the following...

Hello again!

I've been fighting the processes to setup a proper url for the BBS. In essence, I would like bbs.mydomain.com to load up the BBS on theuser-defined port.

I am using a Synology NAS and have setup the Reverse Proxy function in
the Control Panel. I've added three A records to the domain name which resides on Cloudflare.com.

I am able to successfully PING the subdomain.domain.com and it resolves
to my proxied public IP address. However, when I attempt to use that format in 'nodelist' to make a call out, it times out without resolving.

What else am I missing to make this happen?

ooO(# .)Ooo
=-=Patch=-=

So are you trying to access it internally? If you are then your router needs to be setup to catch the address and forward it to the internal IP. Its easy to do with PFSense. I would test it on an external address first just to make sure this is what I think it is. If it work from outside the network then you can google this for your router and set it up. Now all routers do this. If yours doesn't see if there is a DDWRT flash for your router and then you can add the feature yourself. Keep in mind if this doesn't go well you will be buying or building a new one. I know there is another router software untangle I think its called that can also do it. Hope this helps.

|23|04Dr|16|12Claw
|16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
|16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)

Hello Patch,

20 Dec 23 05:15, you wrote to All:

I've been fighting the processes to setup a proper url for the BBS.
In essence, I would like bbs.mydomain.com to load up the BBS on theuser-defined port.

I am using a Synology NAS and have setup the Reverse Proxy function in
the Control Panel. I've added three A records to the domain name
which resides on Cloudflare.com.

I am able to successfully PING the subdomain.domain.com and it
resolves to my proxied public IP address. However, when I attempt to
use that format in 'nodelist' to make a call out, it times out without resolving.

What else am I missing to make this happen?

you have to forward the port on your router as well to the NAS

Regards,
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dp

telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-

... Uptime: 7d 0h 52m 31s
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* Origin: Roon's BBS - Budapest, HUNGARY (21:4/148)

I have PFSense, just hadn't implemented it yet. Good to know that I can do it relatively easy enough with that.

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ooO(# .)Ooo
=-=Patch=-=
Lair of the Wolverine | bbs.mywire.org:23016

... The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Right, I've done that.

For some reason Cloudflare won't forward telnet requests which I think is the issue that I am experiencing.

Even with ports open and forwarded to private IP addresses, it still won't work right.

I'm using WWIV right now, and can see what Windows users can leave their port set to 23 with no issues, but Linux uses 2323 because Linux blocks that port/protocol.

Ultimately, I'd love to have a way to point a telnet client to subdomain.domain.ext without a port number defined and have it work properly.

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ooO(# .)Ooo
=-=Patch=-=
Lair of the Wolverine | bbs.mywire.org:23016

... Read messages, not taglines

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

I didn't receive the original post on my system.

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Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (21:2/148)

On 09 Apr 2024, Patch said the following...

I have PFSense, just hadn't implemented it yet. Good to know that I can do it relatively easy enough with that.

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ooO(# .)Ooo

There is so many Youtube videos and even simple instructions right on there site you got this. Save a backup of settings just in case :D

|23|04Dr|16|12Claw
|16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
|16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)

I'm using WWIV right now, and can see what Windows users can leave their port set to 23 with no issues, but Linux uses 2323 because Linux blocks that port/protocol.

Ultimately, I'd love to have a way to point a telnet client to subdomain.domain.ext without a port number defined and have it work properly.

On linux you can use setcap to give regular users to ability to open ports below 1024. Normally only root can do that. There is page on the Synchronet wiki that explains it nicely..

http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:linux_non-root

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106)

I didn't receive the original post on my system.

I thought the same here - then I logged into the Agency BBS and found that the original message was from December 2023 - so it wasn't lost today. Just missing for some of us who don't have the mail from that time on our system.


Chris/akacastor

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* Origin: Another Millennium - Canada - another.tel (21:1/162)

I didn't receive the original post on my system.

I thought the same here - then I logged into the Agency BBS and found that the original message was from December 2023 - so it wasn't lost today. Just missing for some of us who don't have the mail from that time on our system.

Chris/akacastor

Oops! Thanks!

--- shsbbs.net
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3, ftp,nntp,
,wss) (Ports 22,23,110,21,119,8080) (ssh login 'bbs' pass 'shsbbs').


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
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* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (21:2/148)