Subj : Re: hackers
To   : Taphophile
From : esc
Date : Tue Jan 10 2023 03:08 am

 Ta> Back in the day, I had a friend who hosted CHRIS-CO BBS (his name is
 Ta> Chris) and he wrote a script for his VBBS6.14/VAdvanced 2.10 board that
 Ta> new users had to input the phone number they were calling from, and the
 Ta> board would disconnect them and then call that number and somehow (i
 Ta> don't remember the details) verify that it was a legit caller. I think
 Ta> you could have your dialer software open and answer an incoming call? I
 Ta> really don't remember I wasn't even driving back then I was a kiddo. I
 Ta> thought that was real neat though! He had a number of scripts written,
 Ta> and even wrote his own net "CHRIS-NET" that all the local boards were
 Ta> apart of. I don't know what ever happened to that dood. His handle was
 Ta> "Computer Whiz".

Ah yes, these were called "Call Back Verifiers" (or CBV for short).

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