Subj : packet radio
To   : Mrproper
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 12:50 pm

  Re: packet radio
  By: Mrproper to Angus Mcleod on Mon Jul 04 2005 10:18:00

 >  > I don't know that SBBS would be suitable, even if you could get
 >  > it hooked up to a TNC.  There are operational problems.  A simple example
 >  > is logging on.  Since you would broadcast your userid and password "in
 >  > clear" any other station monitoring would get your userid/password easily
 >  > Packet BBS's usually use a challenge/response method of some sort, so tha
 >  > the sequence changes randomly.
 > 
 > Maybe some kind of alglithorim could be created by the client "lets say
 > syncterm" and sent to sbbs for auth info.

Sure, you could introduce new features into the client and server code to 
handle the instances where operating packet introduced an operational 
problem.  But so far, that hasn't happened, so there would be difficulties 
for the first people to try it.  


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