Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : McDoob
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Mar 31 2022 16:22:47

  Re: Re: Nightmares / Dreams
  By: McDoob to Nightfox on Thu Mar 31 2022 07:00 pm

 Ni>> Maybe a stupid question, but how does SSHing into a BBS give you
 Ni>> access to the base OS?  When you SSH into a BBS, you're still at the
 Ni>> BBS menu etc., just like with telnet.

 Mc> That's not a stupid question, and I leave it to more experienced people
 Mc> than I to answer. However, I am loathe to give anyone core access to my
 Mc> device, and that's exactly what I use SSH for. 

 Mc> I do not open any port in my network for outside SSH access. Call me
 Mc> old-school, if you must. 

When using SSH on a BBS, the BBS software handles the SSH session, in the same way it handles the telnet session.  You could also enable telnet access to your base OS if you wanted to.  But for either protocol, I don't really see how either protocol would pose more of an access risk than the other when connecting to a BBS.

Nightfox
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