Subj : BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Jas Hud
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Tue Apr 04 2023 03:37 pm

  Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Jas Hud to Rob Swindell on Tue Apr 04 2023 04:39 pm

 >   To: Rob Swindell
 >   Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
 >   By: Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott on Tue Apr 04 2023 09:56 am
 >
 >
 >  > Nodes are a finite resource. Sysops don't want their systems to be
 >  > subject to very simple "denial of service" attacks by users either
 >  > accidentally or purposefully just "walking away from the keyboard" once
 >  > connected and tying up all their nodes.
 >
 > on datastream which was a very popular gaming bbs, i had some games rigged
 > to not kick the user due to running out of time.
 >
 > these people would rot on there for many, many hours.
 > some of them were using tradewars trainer programs and that screwed up.
 >
 > i think a 5 min inactivity time out is decent.

I think in that example (e.g. a TradeWars trainer/bot running amock), a total timeout is good to enforce too. A bot can keep a node active, but not doing anything "useful" for a really long time.
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