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|    August Abolins to Anna Christina Nass    |
|    Disabling "Packet password".. had no eff    |
|    04 Mar 21 21:09:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee1f8f90       REPLY: 2:240/5824.1@fidonet ee1c8b27       PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       Hello Anna Christina!              ** On Thursday 04.03.21 - 15:30, you wrote to me:               AA>> What *was* the matter was that a session password in-the-        AA>> clear was included in ALL outgoing PKTs (including crash/        AA>> direct)!               AA>> So.. it may not be wise anyone to continue to use any        AA>> version less than 5.0.49.               ACN> That's right.               ACN> Although I'm a little confused :)              Before 5.0.49, whenever you would crash/direct a message        (bypassing your boss) the outgoing pkt would include the session        pwd you had established with the boss!              Like this: https://susepaste.org/69048853              That means, each and every fido node you crashed a message to,        had the opportunity to see it.              The latest version, fixes that: https://susepaste.org/14013065                     --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.49        * Origin: The point of origin --> . <-- (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664       SEEN-BY: 229/1016 1017 240/5832 249/110 206 317 400 280/464 5003 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/81 120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 221/1 280/464 229/101 426           |
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