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slewp · 2023-05-01 17:25

Password hashing - impressive!

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some_sort_of_person · 2023-05-01 17:33

wait do BBSes not usually hash passwords

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slewp · 2023-05-01 17:47

yea it used to be all plain text, based on my experience from the
1990s, lol :|

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some_sort_of_person · 2023-05-01 17:54

i guess i'll use a different password for them

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electronicchicken · 2023-05-01 19:09

Radicool. You running it on real hardware, or emulated?

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jcs · 2023-05-01 19:10

On a [real Macintosh Plus!](https://jcs.org/2022/07/15/kludge)

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the_deserted_island · 2023-05-01 19:51

What is fidonet like in 2023???

Sincerely

1:3821/6

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mangorelish · 2023-05-01 21:47

oh hell yes, gonna boot up the ole' mac plus, thanks for developing in
system 6 I really appreciate it

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dmine45 · 2023-05-01 21:48

Very nice. I called it just a few minutes ago (yes called, via modem).
Nice steady 9600 baud. :)

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[deleted] · 2023-05-02 01:12

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tarix76 · 2023-05-02 01:17

The modern ones do but you should assume that it is transmitted and
stored in plain text.

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PaulLee420 · 2023-05-02 01:49

Oh wow; I remember digging [klud.ge](https://klud.ge) before it
switched software a while ago - awesome that you've released the
pacakges... is that a new thing???

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w00t w00t, will host on 2oFB - thanks for sharing.

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ANSiNiTRON · 2023-05-02 05:11

more active than you might expect, but not at all what it once was.

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[deleted] · 2023-05-02 06:09

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auric0m · 2023-05-02 13:05

you should be using a unique password for every single site your are
on, web, bbs or other. re-using passwords is how you get hacked.
invest into a password manager for yourself, there are free options.

bbs are both unencrpted in flight (Telnet) and at rest on older
software, so re-using a bbs password anywhere is very risky.

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gbbgu · 2023-05-24 00:20

oh my god, please don't tell me you're reusing passwords :(

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some_sort_of_person · 2023-05-24 07:00

too lazy to get a password manager, but I guess one day I'll regret
that
any good free password managers?

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gbbgu · 2023-05-24 10:40

The only free one I've used is Password Safe, and it's the only free
one I've used cause I don't trust any of the other free ones :)

https://www.schneier.com/academic/passsafe/

https://pwsafe.org

If you want to pay (and have a mac), 1password is my go to.