Choosing a Backend/General Questions
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GreatOneFreak · 2016-10-31 17:08

Hey r/BBS,

I'm a relatively competent programmer looking into starting a BBS for
a group of my friends/family. I don't really know enough about BBS
make an educated choice.

What I'm looking for is best BBS that is stable for ubuntu v16.04, has
SSH/FTP support, and the ability to disable doors/games. So board
itself and file sharing is all I care about. I saw some options like
synchro, mystic, etc but I'm not too sure which is best suited.

My other questions are about the protocols (I only have basic
knowledge here). Would I make a specific login group that only has
privileges to run the BBS software? How do I handle security here?

If anyone could help me out here or direct me to a good resource it
would be greatly appreciated!

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nolageek · 2016-10-31 19:20

"Best" is always going to be subjective. Most of the popular packages
that are in development will run on linux. I suggest checking out
synchronet and mystic. They're both in active development and support
telnet/ssh and transfers via the BBS and FTP. Security is managed by
the BBSs, from what I understand - although non of my boards have a
transfer section at this time so I can't get too detailed with that
specific functionality..

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GreatOneFreak · 2016-11-03 16:34

Thanks. I took you advice and have been messing around with mystic.

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nolageek · 2016-11-03 17:55

Awesome! Let us know how it goes!