Subj : Re: IcyTerm 0.7.9
To   : Digital Man
From : Omnibrain
Date : Sat Jan 04 2025 10:51 am

 DM> They might want to protect their user credentials so others cannot
 DM> impersonate them and maybe use their account on the BBS to do nefarious
 DM> things (e.g. attack other systems, send SPAM, etc.), or they want to
 DM> send sensitive email/netmail. Whatever. Not every BBS is just for
 DM> playing door games. -- 

It's not the question what to hide. The question should be: Why do you want to read? :)

Telnet should never be used for the to-go bbs IMO. As a principle.
However BBSing is something that has security issues. Like the user credentials - they're always transferred as plain text to the bbs at some point (however depending on the BBS it may not be stored as plain text). 

Nobody changed that so far.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)

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