Subj : Is binkp/d's security model kaputt?
To   : apam
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Dec 31 2021 12:00 pm

  Re: Is binkp/d's security model kaputt?
  By: apam to Oli on Sat Sep 18 2021 04:57 pm

 >  > I'm more interested in fixing the current software and standards.
 >
 > Why? The "current" software is kind of unfixable, it would require people
 > with access to the current software's code having a desire to fix it.
 >
 > It would also require said people working together...
 >
 > Look at fsxnet for example, an FTN network, now, I would say 90% of the
 > network runs mystic software. Not some DOS bbs that saw it's last release
 > in 1995.
 >
 > That last 10% probably run synchronet, some other software or a very very
 > tiny few actually run software (that is connected to fsxnet) from eons
 > ago.
 >
 > Even that software that hasn't seen an update since 1995 probably has
 > message bases compatible with Squish or JAM.
 >
 > So we could put lipstick on a pig so to say and keep FTN only. FSXnet
 > isn't fidonet, it doesn't need to be married to the technology - WWIVnet
 > and DOVEnet both use other systems, so one could create a new network
 > technology, and have it working with BBSes.

I find the topic of a new messsage network technology interesting and have been following along here.

However, before anything "new" is proposed, I suggest a careful examination of what is wrong with the current technology (FTN). I've started my own list here:
                                        http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet

For a long time, I've been innovating with QWK-based networking, because
1. it was more extensible (than FTN) while maintaining backward-compatibility
2. the networks (e.g. DOVE-Net) were more amenable to change

With Synchronet, I also supported PostLink networking (e.g. RIME) in the past and certainly have no love of FTN, but I think it'd be best to know what you're trying to fix before you try to replace it with something else. :-)
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