Using UUCP under a BBS system???
Larry Snyder
larry at nstar.UUCP
Tue Feb 13 03:28:35 AEST 1990
> Can you explain why having an account per user would cause any security
> problem? I can understand wanting a mail front-end built into a bbs
> for convenience but I don't see any advantage for security.
Les - I just feel better keeping strangers (unknown users) out of my shell
and restricted to the BBS (AKCS in this case) which is very secure.
To reply to your original comments - yes - shell access can be made secure.
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Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA
uucp: larry at nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry
4 inbound dialup high speed line public access system
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