Update: I got SSH working!
reddit / bbs

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garyb122 · 2021-11-04 21:21

You know how I did it? I switched from Mystic to Enigma 1/2. Had it
working in about an hour, vs screwing with it unsuccessfully for two
days on Mystic.

Now I have a philosophical question for you guys. What good is SSH if
nobody uses it? I understand that I have “a responsibility to the
internet” to secure my connection, and I did. But I can’t force my
users to connect with SSL.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a BBS that offers only SSH, but I’ve seen
plenty that offer only telnet. And since most users connect with
telnet, what good is my SSH connection? To clear my conscience?

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overtrick1978 · 2021-11-04 21:48

So offer both?

I don’t even have a telnet client installed. I’d never connect to any
system on the internet over plain text. Regardless of the content.

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ozyx7 · 2021-11-04 22:16

> But I can’t force my users to connect with SSL.

First, SSL and SSH are different things.

Second, you *could* force your users to connect with SSH: disable
telnet connections.

And why not?  These days, who has a telnet client but not an SSH one?

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thom_ftc · 2021-11-04 23:42

“These days, who has a telnet client but not an SSH one?”

…the bulk of the vintage machines I use to connect to bbses have
telnet clients but not ssh clients.

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gnu2tux · 2021-11-05 00:01

Seconded. BBSes are routinely connected to via vintage machines that
don't have the horsepower or capability to use SSH or other newer
encryption technologies.

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blakespot · 2021-11-05 15:27

Because a lot of BBSs and their users are focused on and using vintage
computers running, say, a 1MHz 6502 CPU that could not even get in the
same neighborhood of doing SSH math.

See: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing/

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antdude · 2021-11-08 01:33

SSH is for privacy!