Subj : InterBBS Chat
To   : Stephen Atkins
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Dec 16 2015 03:29 pm


16 Dec 15 09:05, you wrote to Alan Ianson:

 SA> Now my question to the rest to the group.  Why would his netmail get put 
in
 SA>  the /var/unknown directory?  If he's in the nodelist then I would argue
 SA> that he's is in fact known.  Is this a setting I've missed?

no... generally speaking, known and unknown pertain to if the session is secure 
or not... if you are not using a session password between your system and 
alan's, you might should consider setting one up... the reason for this is 
because i can set up a system to fly someone else's node number and poll you... 
if there's mail there for that number, i'll probably get it... if you have a 
session level password set up, i won't know it and my connection will fail so 
the mail will be safe...


)\/(ark

"So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've 
killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and when 
you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do 
with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to protect your 
glorious revolution from the next one?" - The twelfth Doctor

.... I am NOT Paranoid! And why are you always watching me??
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