Subj : Session Password recovery
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Wed Nov 13 2024 08:39 pm


Hello Wilfred!

13 Nov 24 15:55, you wrote to me:

It is 2:301/1



 > Hi Vincent,

 > On 2024-11-13 14:10:33, you wrote to All:

 VC>> I have a node that polls here every minute 24/7 with an unknown
 VC>> password.

 VC>> In order to satisfy their poll I need to set up the system here
 VC>> with the password used but cannot find out how to show it in the
 VC>> logs, but wsa able in an earlier version some how.

 VC>> Can anyone provide what I need to do setup wise etc to recover
 VC>> this password which if I can do this might stop this annoying
 VC>> behaviour.

 > If done correctly in the binkp protocol, the password is never send
 > accross the line, only checksums that are generated with the password
 > (I think that is what the OPT CRAM-MD5 is supposed to do). So you
 > can't recover the password from the session.

 > If you have no other way of communicating with the nodes sysop, I
 > would block them on the firewall, maybe they notice that at some point
 > in the future. Or perhaps an other node that has no session password
 > set with this node, can deliver a crashmail for you?

 > Btw: I have communicated with a number of the nodes in net 250 in the
 > past regarding AmigaNet links, so maybe if this regards a node in net
 > 250 I have an email address for you, if you can tell me their name in
 > that case?


 > Bye, Wilfred.



Vincent


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