Subj : Re: Nightmares / Dreams
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Sat Apr 02 2022 19:08:53

 St>  bo> I don't agree.  People just try to search for open ports, just to see
 St>  bo> what they can get.  People aren't looking for something specific, the
 St>  bo> are just looking to see what is available.  Any telnet session is a
 St>  bo> target.
 St> 
 St> While that's true. I don't see anyone going out of their way to break
 St> into a BBS.  By far the login attempts try to force, root, admin, or
 St> some other known default account name, it doesn't matter what password
 St> the attacker uses its never going to be there. Again having access to a
 St> BBS doesn't give you any particular power, or added vulnerability. It's
 St> not like you can plant some kind of trojan, add other accounts, or
 St> generally damage a BBS setup.
 St> 
 St> ST

No, it is a small, rather unknown target.  I don't avoid using telnet for BBS's, I do it often, its just that I like the option not to do so.

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