Subj : Internet spam
To   : Jas Hud
From : Rick Smith
Date : Wed Sep 27 2023 15:31:48

Hello Jas!

Wednesday September 27 2023 04:18, you wrote to me:

 JH>  * Forwarded from area 'MIN_BBS'
 JH>   To: Rick Smith
 JH>   Re: Internet spam
 JH>   By: Rick Smith to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 26 2023 05:28 pm

 >>
 >>  JH> do you know what bots are?
 >>
 >> Of course I do, I was just pointing out that it was wrong of me to
 >> shut off web access as a new user or a bot could do the same damage
 >> via telnet if they really wanted to..
 >>
 >> Regards,
 >>

 JH> you're just pointing out that you do not know what happens on your
 JH> system nor do you know what measures to take to prevent attacks.

 JH> There are things you can do to prevent spam bots from creating
 JH> accounts via your web and then posting.

 JH> The same is true to your telnet end (which is less likely to have this
 JH> issue)
 >>  a bot could do the same damage via telnet if
 >> they really wanted to..

 JH> bots don't have wants.

 JH> I don't entirely blame YOU, i blame the synchronet developers.  years
 JH> ago I said it's not a good idea to have our msg bases open up on the
 JH> web and be defaulted to be readable by bots.   they agreed but said it
 JH> was 'cool' so kept it.

I cant tell you how relieved I am that I you dont blame me... Can I write you a script for some xanex perhaps?

Regards,

Rick

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