Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Spectre
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 09:06:45

  Re: Re: Nightmares / Dreams
  By: Spectre to Nightfox on Fri Apr 01 2022 01:59 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.

 Sp> If your BBS doesn't have native SSH support, you need to do some sort of
 Sp> protocol conversion, you can't just point an SSH client at its telnet
 Sp> port. The easiest way to achieve this is to accept the SSH connect at OS
 Sp> level and then direct to a telnet session to the BBS.

Interesting.  I'm glad you were able to provide an explanation, as McDoob never did make it clear how or why SSHing to a BBS could drop you to the OS.  The BBS software I use (Synchronet) does have its own SSH support, so I didn't have to do anything at the OS level to make it work with the BBS.

Nightfox
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