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|    Rob Swindell to Sean Dennis    |
|    Re: Packet password case    |
|    25 Apr 20 23:40:22    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 850.net_dev@1:103/705 230a6628       REPLY: 1:18/200.0 5ea50b32       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Win32 Apr 25 2020 MSC 1925       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.160 Apr 24 2020 GCC 6.3.0       COLS: 80       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.103        Re: Re: Packet password case        By: Sean Dennis to Rob Swindell on Sat Apr 25 2020 11:16 pm               > Hi Rob,        >        > RS> NetMail from insecure inbound, sure. I was talking about EchoMail.        >        > That's what I get for responding to mail when I'm half-asleep. Yes, you're        > right: tossing unsecure echomail is just asking for problems. Though I        > don't think I've seen any, uhm, issues with that since the late 90s when        > there were certain people in a certain mail network that were causing        > issues.              Oh, we were all young trouble-makers at some point, weren't we? :-)              Someone else did point out that if you had 2 authenticated links sending files       into a shared secure inbound, one could impersonate the other very easily       unless packet passwords were used. That's one case where the use of inboxes       could provide more security.               digital man              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #29:       FOSSIL = Fido/Opus/SEAdog Standard Interface Layer       Norco, CA WX: 72.1øF, 52.0% humidity, 0 mph SSW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 103/705 9999 120/340 601 154/10 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848 770/1       PATH: 103/705 280/464 229/426           |
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