Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 12 2022 21:52:29

 te> 
 te> Really?  Most Unix/Linux distros come with all of that
 te> stuff out of the box, or easily installable -- even by
 te> the local package system.  Ntalkd, or a small ircd,
 te> newts or even a small NNTP server, and sftp are trivial.
 te> 
 te> Lots of systems even have nice clients for all of the
 te> above.
 te> 
 te> I think that people are enamored of the captive interface
 te> provided by most BBS packages, but it's not necessary and
 te> for many things gets in the way.
 te> 

The problem is they aren't all integrated in the one portal, and I wouldn't want to expose ntalkd to the internet.

They work great for people who can navigate unix and belong to the same system.  This is what the public unices, like rawtext.club do.  But you are still running separate programs, whereas with a BBS, its all menu driven.

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