Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Atreyu
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Nov 02 2022 20:17:00

-=> Atreyu wrote to Gamgee <=-

 At> On 02 Nov 22  13:52:00, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

 G> Excellent.  Makes good sense to me.  I'm sure the hand-wringers let you
 G> know how much of a "security risk" it is to run an XP box...  LOL

 At> Only the professor made a stink about it... nobody cares
 At> otherwise.

And nobody cares what that one thinks or says.

 At> Theres close to a hundred downlinks here in total with the vast
 At> majority being Mystic and Synchronet, mostly all Linux or Pi
 At> systems. I used to have an Amiga link and not too long ago I had
 At> a downlink who connected via. dialup modem, he was the head of
 At> some local disability-support group here in Toronto and they had
 At> some kind of Wildcat/Viamail setup shared by attendees.

Nice.

 At> BinkD is the busiest process here by far and constantly serving
 At> connections. Tossing mail and BBS callers aren't even a blip on
 At> resources here.

 At> Its interesting sometimes just to sit back and watch it toss mail
 At> to everyone... a DOS setup churning packets for a crowd of mostly
 At> Linux boards.

Yeah that is cool.  There are actually quite a number of examples of DOS 
still being used in business and science.  Many retail POS / "cash 
register" systems use it, and I know that it runs on some very high tech 
modern medical devices.  I think it may also be used in the financial 
world some too.

 At> I get the odd incoming slam from telnet script kiddies but
 At> nothing serious. Probably could move away from port 23 but then
 At> it just "aint telnet" in my opinion. Always hated having to know
 At> a custom port to call someone's board.

I feel the same about that.  Mostly the scripts/bots don't affect 
anything worth worrying about.


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