Subj : Passwds
To   : Rick Smith
From : Oli
Date : Fri Feb 09 2024 22:00:04

Rick wrote (2024-02-09):

 RS> Hello All!

 RS> I have been experiencing some passwd errors I am not sure if its binkd or
 RS> hpt.  I host now 4 ftns on my hub and some of my downlinks are subscribed
 RS> to more than one.  Can they have different passwords for each network or
 RS> do they have to be the same?  I know yesterday I fixed it with the
 RS> downlink by making his different networks have the same passwd but I have
 RS> others with different ones that work just fine?

Where do you see the problems, where do you get errors? With binkd or hpt?

It shouldn't be a problem to use different mail / packet passwords (the passwords you configure in your tosser / hpt config). The binkp protocol does not support negotiating multiple passwords for multiple AKAs within one session / poll, which can cause "weird "problems"".

Some nodes use hide-aka lines in binkd.cfg to only present one specific AKA per poll. E.g.:

hide-aka 5:123/456@fidonet !*@fidonet
hide-aka 400:1/2@othernet !*@othernet

One AKA, one password per session -> no problems. Different passwords could work in this case. But I think it's better to just use the same password. Multiple passwords don't make it more secure.

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