Subj : Re: Metronet
To   : Greenlfc
From : Atreyu
Date : Tue Oct 19 2021 10:55:30

On 19 Oct 21  06:00:19, Greenlfc said the following to Exodus:

G> <security guy hat>
G> 
G> Securing a DOS system in 2021 is difficult.  Granted, BBSes are a hobby for
G> us, we don't have any expectation of security, but it's a consideration.  If
G> BBSes get popular enough we might start seeing attacks against us.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by securing a DOS system in 2021 being
difficult? Its DOS... all of my DOS programs I have the source code for. My 
mailer, my BBS, all of my utilities. As a BBS developer I can tell you that a 
DOS BBS is far more secure than exposing a Linux or Windows system to the net.

Renegade, my BBS software... the core of that code that handles logins and
security, access privilege, accounts... That code has not changed in over 2
decades. It doesn't need to change. Its "secure". Its had the maturity of 
being put through all kinds of hell and testing in the 90's.

DOS is not nearly as complex as a modern OS, so theres the 
security-by-simplicity aspect of things.

Atreyu

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