Subj : Re: src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c
To   : Digital Man
From : Bill Mcgarrity
Date : Sat May 28 2016 10:16:00

-=> Digital Man wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

 DM>   Re: src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c sbbsecho.c sbbsecho.h
 DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to rswindell on Mon May 09 2016 12:48 pm

 >   Re: src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c sbbsecho.c sbbsecho.h
 >   By: rswindell to CVS commit on Mon May 09 2016 02:28:44
 >
 > Hiya Rob...
 >
 >  rs> Modified Files:         rechocfg.c sbbsecho.c sbbsecho.h Log Message:
 >  rs> Introduced sbbsecho.ini advanced setting (not yet exposed in
 >  rs> echocfg): StrictPacketPasswords (default is "true"). If you want
 >  rs> SBBSecho v3 to behave like SBBSecho v2 with regards to packet
 >  rs> passwords for linked-nodes with *no* configured packet password, set
 >  rs> this value to "true" in your sbbsecho.ini file. I don't recommend
 >  rs> doing this if you care about the "security" of your echomail, but
 >  rs> some sysops have been bitten by the strict enforcement of the
 >  rs> configured password in SBBSecho v3.
 >
 > Just so I get this straight... if we want to accept the new feature in
 > sbbsecho for strict pkt passwords protection then toggle this to "false".
 > Correct??

 DM> No, strict is the default behavior of SBBSecho v3. It was the *only*
 DM> behavior of SBBSecho v3 before this morning, but apparently there's
 DM> some confused FidoNet sysops out there sending out password-protected
 DM> packets and not realizing it. So this little option will allow you to
 DM> use the old, less-secure, SBBSecho v2 method of password packet
 DM> validation:

 DM> If StrictPacketPasswords = true (the default), then the password in the
 DM> packet must match whatever you (the receiving end) has configured in
 DM> your sbbsecho.ini for the linked node. Just as it was in the initial
 DM> SBBSecho v3 commits to CVS.

 DM> If StrictPacketPasswords = false, then the password in the packet is
 DM> only compared if the linked node has a password set in your (the
 DM> receiving end's) sbbsecho.ini file. I don't recommend using this mode
 DM> if you care about echomail security.

Thank you for the clarification.  When I first read your explanation above it
seemed it was reverse logic. I just wanted to make sure before I processed it. 

Thanks again...


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