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: Re: src/sbbs3/rechocfg.c sbbsecho.c sbbsecho.h
 DM>   By: Bill McGarrity to Digital Man on Tue May 10 2016 12:22 am

 >  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.

 DM> Yes, I mistyped my CVS commit message. That should have said:

 DM> Introduced sbbsecho.ini advanced setting (not yet exposed in echocfg):
 DM> StrictPacketPasswords (default is "true").
 DM> If you want SBBSecho v3 to behave like SBBSecho v2 with regards to
 DM> packet passwords for linked-nodes with *no* configured packet password,
 DM> set this value to "false" in your sbbsecho.ini file.

 DM> I didn't catch that until just re-reading in your quoted text. Oops.

Not a problem... those 2am postings can do that to ya..  I just wanted to make
sure.. :)

Thanks

 
--

Bill

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