Fixed: Libera ELive IRC chat - server refuses connection - false positive. Fixed by reconfiguring smb and firewall

Elive System Installed
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Libera chat server terminates connection with the following error message:

You are banned from this server- Your host is listed on DroneBL. Visit http://dronebl.org/lookup?ip=117.222.60.80 to request removal. Email bans@libera.chat for additional assistance. (2026/1/3 06.33)

  • Closing Link: 117.222.60.80 (*** Banned )
  • Disconnected (Remote host closed socket)

DroneBL says that the ban is due to an ‘open socks proxy’.

The only PC that I have connected to my home network is this laptop running ELive.

Installed a couple of months ago - was working fine till yesterday.

I am concerned about security.

And also about how I can connect to the ELive IRC channel on libera.

Thanks for keeping my favorite window manager from 2000 alive! Libera ELive IRC chat - server refuses connection Fixed: Libera ELive IRC chat - server refuses connection - false positive. Fixed by reconfiguring smb and firewall

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Libera chat server terminates connection with the following error message:

You are banned from this server- Your host is listed on DroneBL. Visit http://dronebl.org/lookup?ip=117.222.60.80 to request removal. Email -link_removed!- for additional assistance. (2026/1/3 06.33)

  • Closing Link: 117.222.60.80 (*** Banned )
  • Disconnected (Remote host closed socket)

DroneBL says that the ban is due to an ‘open socks proxy’.

The only PC that I have connected to my home network is this laptop running ELive.

Installed a couple of months ago - was working fine till yesterday.

I am concerned about security.

And also about how I can connect to the ELive IRC channel on libera.

Thanks for keeping my favorite window manager from 2000 alive!

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Used netstat - confirmed that SOCKS was not running. Found that Samba was running.

Samba was bound to 0.0.0.0

Most probable cause: Exposed SMB + Public IP = DroneBL False Positive
DroneBL crawlers: See IP, See open TCP ports, Attempt protocol fingerprints, Get unexpected responses, Classify as “open proxy”

Fixed /etc/samba/smb.conf so that Samba did not bind to 0.0.0.0 but only the local network interfaces

[global]
interfaces = lo wlan0 192.168.101.0/24
bind interfaces only = yes

For good measure - also installed the ufw firewall

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw enable

After that - I asked DroneBL to request a de-listing from the URL they given in the ‘ban’ message.

De-listing was then successful and libera stopped banning me - I was able to connect successfully and chat on the ELive support channel again.

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