Help setting up a private bbs
reddit / bbs

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Comrade_Radowitzky · 2020-12-29 17:22

Hello im pretty new on this, want to set up a bbs for my and my
friends, i would like it to have a message option, sort of a private
mail i guess. But the question is can i use gpg? since i would like to
encrypt the messages, also is there a way of using a direct messaging?
or something similar asaid of mail like communications? also would
like to  use cypher there but well i dont know if something like that
is possible on bbs to start xD.

Sorry if this are really noob questions, but... i am really noob at
this

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Embarrassed-Ad5579 · 2020-12-29 20:01

Look at www.synchro.net

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andreMKE · 2020-12-29 20:28

It's really not unlike a web message board, where there are public
areas and direct messages. But there's almost no support for
encryption so that the sysop or server admin can't see the messages. A
quick google search shows a few attempts at more secure BBS software
from about 10-15 years ago, but AFAIK the main software devs don't pay
any attention to encryption now.

If you're looking for highly secure messaging, BBS isn't the way to
go. Low-quality passwords, no real MFA implementation, no encryption.
All you can really do is lockdown the BBS to only the users you
approve.

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dmine45 · 2020-12-29 21:59

Synchronet is easy to set up yet has a number of features.

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Public_Possibility_5 · 2020-12-30 00:01

The only form of encryption available to BBSes that I am aware of is
by using SSH instead of telnet. But that doesn't encrypt data at rest.

There is nothing preventing you from encrypting your message with GPG,
then pasting it back into the BBS. But it is a manual process.

I suppose one could always build extensions to support encrypted mail
on BBSes... I've been fancying such a thing before. Perhaps one day.

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[deleted] · 2020-12-30 16:16

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CoffeeMetalandBone · 2021-01-01 14:44

Have you figured out how to load an ANS file in different locations in
the BBS? I'm still really unfamiliar with which config files are
responsible for different parts of the BBS