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|    Rob Swindell to Alan Ianson    |
|    Pssword ord ord case ins    |
|    25 Apr 20 23:42:28    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 851.net_dev@1:103/705 230a66a7       REPLY: 1:153/757 5ea51eb0       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: Pssword ord ord case ins        By: Alan Ianson to Sean Dennis on Sat Apr 25 2020 10:38 pm               > Hello Sean,        >        > AI>> If we had a reliable/secure session we wouldn't need packet        > AI>> passwords or inbound directories randomly placed around the file        > AI>> system.        >        > SD> That's what a session password is for.        >        > I was talking about binkps over TLS. In that case we wouldn't need a session        > password either since we are relying on the TLS handshake.              The way were using TLS with BINKPS, it provides privacy (secrecy), but not       authentication. We still rely on the session passwords for authentication.               digital man              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #25:       DTE = Data Terminal Equipment       Norco, CA WX: 71.3øF, 51.0% 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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