Subj : Re: -64 and -46 option missing in 101
To   : mark lewis
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Sat May 02 2020 04:17 pm

-=> On 05-01-20 16:41, mark lewis wrote to Michiel van der Vlist <=-

 ml> i'm not saying that it is correct for mailers to validate packets
 ml> against the session password... i'm just saying that there are/were
 ml> some that do/did...

Deal with those on a case by case basis.

 ml>  MvdV> In fact some say NOT having them the same increases security.

 ml> yeah, i've heard that, too ;)

And I happen to agree.  Systems like Synchronet and Mystic can use different
session and PKT passwords.  I think (but could be wrong) that D-Bridge is one
system that requires the session and PKT passwords to be the same.  But as I
said, that's something I deal with on a per link basis.


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