Subj : Re: Is binkp/d's security model kaputt?
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Sat Sep 04 2021 07:50 pm

On 03 Sep 2021 at 05:23p, Atreyu pondered and said...
 
 At> scripting, FTP and TransX/Email methods of the time. There has not been
 At> one single FTN innovation since then that is worthy of being adapted on
 At> such a mass-scale like BinkD was.

I wonder if this is more to do with the lack of people about with the skills
to do such things? I'd love to be able to code and contribute but I don't
really have those skills and I think I am not alone.

That said, there are some very talented people active in FTN networks like
this one and others, that do have some coding chops that could be bought to
bear on such things. I'm certainly open to trying a fsxNet 2.0 running under
a totally different infrastructure if/when/should someone develop something
we could trial.

 At> Every couple of years or so this same exact topic comes up, almost
 At> verbatim, and after some banter about why it would be great to use
 At> something else/something better... even if someone is spot-on correct
 At> with something technically, eventually there is that realization that
 At> FTN's are what they are and won't change. Then that convo fizzles out.
 At> Sysops are just happy trading banter on a flawed/obsolete network
 At> because they made it just work.

I don't think the ending is as set as this suggests. It almost feels like a
Terminator moment to me :) 'The future is not set and is what we make it"
It's more the case of someone(s) having the time and interest to devote to
such an endeavor and collaborate on such things.

Sure if there are folks/sysops that are happy with the status quo and the
settings/direction that had been about for many years, all well and good. But
if there are people interested in being experiential in deigning and
developing new ways of running messaging/file sharing networks based upon
what is seen to be the best bits of FTN blended with tools and ticks of today
then I'm interested :)

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