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|    Dennis Scott to Rob Swindell    |
|    BBS Software Timeout Values    |
|    06 Apr 23 15:37:36    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 11167.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2894ab4f       REPLY: 11163.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2891b853       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/fcf4a0012 Apr 4 2023 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/f4dcbf61d Apr 5 2023 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: BBS Software Timeout Values        By: Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott on Tue Apr 04 2023 09:56 am               > to very simple "denial of service" attacks by users either accidentally or        > purposefully just "walking away from the keyboard" once connected and tying        > up all their nodes.              DOS attacks are a real threat but that really should be handled on the front       end of the BBS or at the firewall, I would hope anyhow.              When are you coming out with your 100 node version Rob?              Cheers,       Dennis       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 18/200 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 215 501 700 720 810       SEEN-BY: 218/820 840 850 860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113       SEEN-BY: 229/206 275 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 470 550 664 700 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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