Subj : Re: hackers
To   : esc
From : Alonzo
Date : Tue Jan 10 2023 10:34 am

 es>  Ta> Chris) and he wrote a script for his VBBS6.14/VAdvanced 2.10 board th
 es>  Ta> new users had to input the phone number they were calling from, and t
 es>  Ta> board would disconnect them and then call that number and somehow (i
 es>  Ta> don't remember the details) verify that it was a legit caller. I thin

Yeah I did the same thing with a board I had back in the 90s. I eventually quit using it because most people ignored it. With Telnet though, it's complicated. What would you verify? You can't verify an IP because people just use VPNs, so IP addresses are meaningless.  And if people are just trying to brak your BBS, they never register anyway, so there's no personal info.

.... We all live in a yellow subroutine...

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