Subj : Mironet
To   : Rick Smith
From : Oli
Date : Sat Feb 11 2023 04:56 pm

Rick wrote (2023-02-11):

 RS> Hello All!

 RS> So I am not so convinced this issue is with my setup, I scoured my binkd
 RS> logs and cannot find where that micronet system has ever sent me anything
 RS> even though they claim there is traffic.  So I sent that sysop a message
 RS> to make sure that system is even packing anything for mine, however I did
 RS> see an odditity atleast to me in the logs, and it only exists while
 RS> polling this system, none of the others

 RS> ? 11 Feb 00:00:36 [78274] Warning: remote set UNSECURE session
 RS> + 11 Feb 00:00:36 [78274] pwd protected session (MD5)

This means your system is sending a session password, but the remote session 
has no password set for incoming connections and returns M_OK 'non-secure', 
which gets logged as "Warning: remote set UNSECURE session".
(a wrong password should return an error)

It is not a password protected or encrypted session, even if binkd tells you 
so. It is a security flaw of binkd though.

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