Subj : packet radio To : Angus Mcleod From : Cipris Date : Tue Jul 05 2005 06:57 am Re: packet radio By: Angus Mcleod to Cipris on Mon Jul 04 2005 10:25 am > Re: packet radio > By: Cipris to All on Mon Jul 04 2005 03:17:00 > > > I was wondering if there is a way to sert up a packet radio bbs if so whe > > how and dos any one know if there is a way to tie it in with synchro. > > There are plenty of packet BBS's out there. Well, maybe not plenty, but > several. 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 that > the sequence changes randomly. > > > for if ther is i will get my ham licence to set up a packet bbs > > In my experience, packet BBS's are bo-ring. (Packet radio itself is > bo-ring.) There are no people involved. Packet radio is all about > machines passing unwanted, useless and out-of-date bulletins back and > forth between each other on automatci, causing massive QRN in the process. > The only packet systems I've ever used that actually had some merit were > the systems on the PacSats. > > > > > well I do see that as a potenchal problem but there is allways useing 2 or 3 Feqs to give a little secrity for logging in with a pl tone right. jest a Idea that I'm playing with right now there is also a posibility to have your logon info be a pl tone shifting Sequence but I do know what you mean about it all going out plan I do moniter it a little with out sending do to not being licenced :) 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿟he Witching Hour BBS � 쿞ysop Desmond "Cipris" Robertson � 퀃wh.servbeer.com Fidonet 1:138/390 � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 --- � Synchronet � The Witching Hour - twh.servebeer.com Try us on for size .