Subj : Re: Yet another 2oFB apology. :/
To   : Nightfox
From : paulie420
Date : Sun Nov 02 2025 03:53 pm

 Ni>  pa> A user @ 2oFB utilized weak settings (s20g2) on FSX_DAT. They were ab
 Ni>  pa> post and send out vulgar and racist IBBS one-liners. Not only did the
 Ni>  pa> post inappropriate one-liners, but they posted 'as' Avon, Smooth, jAC
 Ni>  pa> pHLASH and other leaders of the BBS community.
 Ni> 
 Ni> What do you mean when you say they utilized weak settings?  What
 Ni> settings can a BBS user configure that would be 'weak' in this instance?
 Ni> And what is s20g2?
 Ni> 
 Ni> A user on any BBS could create an account with any username, so they
 Ni> could potentially create an account with the same name as someone else. 
 Ni> I don't think that has anything to do with any settings on the user's
 Ni> side that could be considered 'weak' or 'strong'..

Thats not what is was. Two [different, I've found out] users were able to utilize 2oFBs weak fsxNet Message Base ACS settings. I had FSX_DAT set to;

list  :s20
read  :s20
post  :s20
sysop :s255

The correct settings should have been:

list  :s255
read  :s255
post  :
sysop :s255

The users were able to create fake InterBBS Onliner posts like this:

Title: InterBBS Oneliner
-----Content of msg-----
Author: Avon
Source: The Agency
Oneliner:Some fake post
Oneliner:With many lines
-----

Once saved, they were routed thru fsxNet to many BBSes IBBS one-liner mod. Of course I realize that user 'Kevin Mitnick' isn't the infamous hacker turned computer security consultant that died in 2o23 - rather was just letting other sysops know the 2 users involved; NIXDORF [non vulgar, but using others handles] and Kevin Mitnick [who posted vulgar and racist posts]...

I've banned both from using the IBBS one-liners and local one-liners right at the Menu Command - and I've set FSX_DAT to correct setting to disallow ANY user from utilizing non-obfuscated InterBBS Oneliner posts because they now can't SEE FSX_DAT.

:P



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