Subj : Passwds
To : Rick Smith
From : Oli
Date : Fri Feb 09 2024 10:00 pm
Rick wrote (2024-02-09):
RS> Hello All!
RS> I have been experiencing some passwd errors I am not sure if its binkd or
RS> hpt. I host now 4 ftns on my hub and some of my downlinks are subscribed
RS> to more than one. Can they have different passwords for each network or
RS> do they have to be the same? I know yesterday I fixed it with the
RS> downlink by making his different networks have the same passwd but I have
RS> others with different ones that work just fine?
Where do you see the problems, where do you get errors? With binkd or hpt?
It shouldn't be a problem to use different mail / packet passwords (the passwords you configure in your tosser / hpt config). The binkp protocol does not support negotiating multiple passwords for multiple AKAs within one session / poll, which can cause "weird "problems"".
Some nodes use hide-aka lines in binkd.cfg to only present one specific AKA per poll. E.g.:
One AKA, one password per session -> no problems. Different passwords could work in this case. But I think it's better to just use the same password. Multiple passwords don't make it more secure.
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