Subj : Port 23.
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : mark lewis
Date : Tue May 23 2017 02:34 am


On 2017 May 22 23:09:54, you wrote to me:

RM>>> That is the reality of todays Internet. Learn to live with it,
RM>>> and use good passwords.
ml>> it is the MIRAI critter

RM> Yes ... that is the reality if todays Internet ... any we have to live
RM> with it ;)

maybe, maybe not... with proper detection and prevention, not so much ;)

RM>>> Best is to abandon telnet altogether and switch to SSH.
ml>> you cannot switch old-school BBSes to SSH when using virtual modem
ml>> shims... there are not existing that speak SSH...

RM> Then it is time to abandon modem shims.
RM> We are not chiseling stone tablets any more ...

perhaps you can explain how to put MBSE or BBBS on SSH then?

)\/(ark

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