Subj : Re: Anonymous SSH login
To   : acn
From : Al
Date : Fri Mar 19 2021 02:28 am

  Re: Re: Anonymous SSH login
  By: acn to Al on Fri Mar 19 2021 09:34 am

 A>> In the beginning when using dial-up modems BBSing was absolutely
 A>> secure. 

 ac> Not really,

Yeah, really.

 ac> as telephone corporations and governments could tap into the
 ac> telephone lines and get the transferred information.

Sure, if you were under investigation and the court allowed a wiretap they would listen and record your conversations.

 ac> Much like today with The Internet.

Sure they can do that today too although it's encrypted today (or it can be) so it's a little harder to do.

 ac> It just was a little more complex to accomplish, but information 
 ac> transferred via a modem was not encrypted.

No it wasn't. Back then it was a direct call from point A to point B. There was no need for encryption.

I was not talking about investigations and wiretaps. I was speaking of keeping user info secure. Do you think we should make some attempt at doing that?

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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