Making an old 90's style BBS?

[Hermes II SysOp]

On the topic of security, today, there is much less fax and dial up activity. I think the handshake and phone activity would make your board stand out like a sore thumb. It would also make it easier to identify end points. Not to mention, the government has a stranglehold on all CO activity. With the exception of voip, the phone system is very effectively monitored.

Not saying this isnt a fun idea, just saying its probably not a good counter to surveillance. Especially with TOR.

Brushfire, unless one is doing something illegal on his or her BBS -- which I personally am not -- what is there to fear from the government?

And before you ask, no, I don't trust the government either.

 

[VIDEODROME]

I got a version of it installed, but I wasn't sure how best to get it online. No, I didn't want to tie up a phone line with it, the idea was to accept SSH connections if that was possible and it would have been on a regular webhost.

 

[brushfire]

Brushfire, unless one is doing something illegal on his or her BBS -- which I personally am not -- what is there to fear from the government?

And before you ask, no, I don't trust the government either.

I get it... You must be a facebooker Only criminals and terrorists need privacy, keys, or passwords. Sadly, my government has labeled me a terrorist.

 

[Hermes II SysOp]

I get it... You must be a facebooker Only criminals and terrorists need privacy, keys, or passwords. Sadly, my government has labeled me a terrorist.

Sir, I never said that, so please do not put words in my mouth. I in fact believe very strongly in personal privacy and in maintaining a set of strong passwords, as should any Internet user.

At any rate, I am not going to allow myself to be dragged into a discussion/debate regarding this issue, as I do not believe that is what this particular thread is about. It is about BBSing, as far as I can tell.

 

[angelatc]

Angelatc, while I also own endtimeprophecy.net, ww.armageddonbbs.com does not, and should not, redirect to that domain. The URL I provided is in fact the Armageddon BBS website, and everything on it is about BBSing, as well as the Hotline community.

The only situation I can think of where you might possibly get a endtimeprophecy.net page, is if you incorrectly type in one of the URLs for the www.armageddonbbs.com website. In such a case, you would receive an error page -- I assume a 404 -- from the endtimeprophecy.net web server.

So, no, you are not being spammed or tricked. I suspect that it was just human error on your part.

Yeah, probably! I am getting the BBS page now! thanks!

 

[brushfire]

Sir, I never said that, so please do not put words in my mouth. I in fact believe very strongly in personal privacy and in maintaining a set of strong passwords, as should any Internet user.

At any rate, I am not going to allow myself to be dragged into a discussion/debate regarding this issue, as I do not believe that is what this particular thread is about. It is about BBSing, as far as I can tell.

Pardon me, no need to be defensive. I've read your post again and I'm not sure where I put words in your mouth. I was just responding to your point about having nothing to hide as you were not doing anything illegal, and how "illegal" might be a relative term in the eyes of the government. If you visit Ron Paul Forums, you might be a terrorist <best_jeff_foxworthy_voice>

I reread the original post and I see your point about it being purely about BBS. I'll move along