Feature: Block repeated pings from the same IP address

[TonyAshworth]

I'm getting repeated peeks from an IP in Germany, and I see in my logs other IPs in the same area. I want to implement a feature that tracks the last say 5 IPs that hit and if any of them peek more than 5 times to block them automatically.

I really don't expect anyone but a few friends to play on this server so repeated pings from elsewhere concern me a bit.

Would you mind if I submitted a PR for this?

[TonyAshworth]

https://github.com/TonyAshworth/mcsleepingserverstarter/pull/1/files

[vincss]

Hi, Thanks for your contribution. Can you make the pull request on this repo ? Maybe extract the logic into a separated file and not the McJava file.

[TonyAshworth]

Will do!

[TypicalZedF]

I'm getting this same issue. Lots of random peeks from servers listed in Germany, Italy, and Great Britain, It sorta makes me uncomfortable why I'm even getting these. I only gave the IP to 1 user that I trust and no one else, so I'm just confused about why others are showing up here and are "peeking"

[vincss]

I'm getting this same issue. Lots of random peeks from servers listed in Germany, Italy, and Great Britain, It sorta makes me uncomfortable why I'm even getting these. I only gave the IP to 1 user that I trust and no one else, so I'm just confused about why others are showing up here and are "peeking"

Did you change the default port ? You will have less connection from scanners

[TypicalZedF]

Scanners..? What's that?

[vincss]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner So if your server is listening on the default port, it will be easier to find.

[Jannik44]

this issue is completely unrelated, this is a general server adminsitration issue and not specific to this excellent software, firewalls do exist, no changes/features for the program needed