Richard Menedetter wrote to James Digriz:   
   RM> Hi James!   
   RM>    
   RM> 04 Apr 2018 17:11, from James Digriz -> All:   
   RM>    
   RM>  JD> Since I've just gotten back into BBS'ing and Fidonet, I thought I'd   
   RM>  JD> get some perspectives from folks on analog modems, the PSTN,   
   RM>  JD> and dial-up BBS'ing.   
   RM>    
   RM> From my point of view analog modems, PSTN and BBSes are completely    
   RM> irrelevant nowadays.   
   RM> There seem to be some people who, for whatever reason, still have BBSes,    
   RM> but all that I know use IP communication like SSH or (jikes :( ) telnet.   
   RM>    
   RM> CU, Ricsi   
   RM>    
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   Hi Richard. Yes, it seems irrelevant, yes. Maybe not to a 711 user, or    
   somebody   
    maintaining a network of field data sensors, legacy alarm systems, etc, but    
   to   
    most people, it probably is. And I guess that's my real concern. I'm just   
   suspicious of monocultures. Much has been made in recent years of the possible   
   effects of a natural or man-made EMP event for instance. Fiber is less   
   vulnerable there, but then it doesn't run off batteries, either. More to the   
   point,    
   in my opinion, there need to be infrastructure alternatives to the Panopticon.    
   Even the NSA agrees. Or it did in 2003, anyway. Perhaps it was pre-Patriot    
   Act,   
    pre-Cheney et al. inertia, or not, but a significant part of V.150.1    
   addressed   
    the need for *secure* communications, apparently at the US DoD's behest.         
               
      
       Greetings, James Digriz   
       email: jbdigriz@bbs.dragonsweb.org   
      
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