Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 21:56:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ni>   Re: Re: Nightmares / Dreams
 Ni>   By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Fri Apr 01 2022 01:57 pm

 Ga> Yes, that's certainly true. I guess it's more like there's really
 Ga> nothing to "hack" on a BBS user's account, even if somebody got a
 Ga> password that they shouldn't have. Back in the Golden Era of BBSs, when
 Ga> everything was over a modem/serial line, there was no security, and it
 Ga> wasn't deemed to be a big deal. I know times have changed, and it's
 Ga> probably the right thing to offer SSH access to those who want it.

 Ni> Yeah, BBS user records probably don't contain anything really
 Ni> important. Also, back when everyone connected to a BBS via a
 Ni> modem over a phone line, the data being sent back & forth wasn't
 Ni> publicly visible like it is over the internet.  I imagine someone
 Ni> could still use a wire tap and decode the modem audio being sent
 Ni> back and forth, but that probably wouldn't be as easy as
 Ni> monitoring a connection on the internet.

Very good point.  I hadn't thought of that aspect of it.  It was really only
serial from the (external) modem to the PC, and the rest was modem audio-tones
over the phone wires.  Probably not easy for the average joe to tap into that.



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