Hi Rob,
On 2020-04-21 16:12:07, you wrote to me:
RS> SBBSecho has always treated packet passwords case-INsensitively. It is
RS> unfortuate that so many of the fido specifications were so badly
RS> written to begin with and the resulting ambiguities and contradictions have
RS> never been sufficiently addressed by the FTSC.
There is no ambiguity for packet password case sensitivity. It's just not
specified, so anything goes...
RS> Luckily, with password-protected mail sessions the norm these days,
RS> packet passwords are kind of moot and probably should just be
RS> deprecated. Doubt that'll happen though.
I don't agree here. Packet passwords provide an extra layer of security. For
instance without it, anyone can drop a .pkt file in your insecure inbound with
a falsified source address and echomail in it. If you process .pkt files from
your inbound automatically, it will get tossed, if there is no packet password
agreeded upon for the falsified source...
Bye, Wilfred.
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