Subj : Re: hackers
To   : Alonzo
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Jan 11 2023 07:22 pm

On 1/10/23 08:34, Alonzo wrote:
 >
 > 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.

I've thought about pre-verifying email addresses in order to login.  I 
changed my telnet login to use "email" first, so new users it's the 
first thing, but haven't coded up the preverify logic yet.

Also considering adding SMS verification as an alternative to email 
verification.
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