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   Message 281 of 342   
   Wilfred van Velzen to Rob Swindell   
   Re: Packet password case insensitive or    
   23 Apr 20 11:34:10   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: UTF-8 2   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 5ea1612c   
   REPLY: 823.net_dev@1:103/705 2305df0e   
   Hi Rob,   
      
   On 2020-04-22 13:15:19, you wrote to me:   
      
    >>  RS> Luckily, with password-protected mail sessions the norm these   
    >> days,   
    >>  RS> packet passwords are kind of moot and probably should just be   
    >>  RS> deprecated. Doubt that'll happen though.   
    >>   
    >> I don't agree here. Packet passwords provide an extra layer of security.   
    >> For instance without it, anyone can drop a .pkt file in your insecure   
    >> inbound with a falsified source address and echomail in it. If you   
    >> process .pkt files from your inbound automatically, it will get tossed,   
    >> if there is no packet password agreeded upon for the falsified source...   
      
    RS> SBBSecho will not import echomail from an insecure inbound directory.   
      
   Not every system works that way...   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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