Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : Arelor
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Apr 01 2022 22:25:00

-=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=-

 >  Ga> No, I do not.  Telnet only.

 >  2t> I have noticed that many of the BBSes are telnet only.  Any
 >  2t> reason why we don't also do SSH and strongly suggest that people
 >  2t> use it?

 > I've thought about it, and probably should implement it.  I guess it's
 > just that there really isn't any "secret" data being transferred.

 >  2t> I support both, but plan to detect if they are on telnet and
 >  2t> encourage people to use SSH because it's secure.

 > I may do it also, soon.

 Ar> I think that for a BBS, keeping the credentials safe would be the
 Ar> goal, rather than keeping the messages themselves safe. YOu would
 Ar> not want somebody to sniff somebody'spassword and then log in
 Ar> with his account.

You're right, and I think you've asked me about this a while back too...

I've now enabled SSH access (on port 2222), if you'd like to give it a try; let
me know if anything is amiss.


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