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* Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency ComSugarBug
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Subject: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency Communication
From: SugarBug
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From: 3883@sugar.bug (SugarBug)
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Subject: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For
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If I were to have a goal here, it is to find simple primitives that can
interoperate for sending text messages and small files (mostly
plaintext and zipped scripts and PDF) across different networks, with
high latency as an option just in case it is needed. Censorship
avoidance would be a priority. Any system or tool would fit the bill if
such can be integrated with others to assist in this goal. Any
imaginative use of tools and techs is of interest to me for
brainstorming.

I want to try installing a BBS system on a Debian Bookworm Linux server.
I want to tinker a bit and see if it is something I would like to
integrate into my comms chain. I want to start with something simple to
get a feel for the ecosystem, how BBS systems communicate with other
servers and with clients, how they handle different nets like Fidonet,
Dovenet, Usenet, how to integrate them with UUCP and NNCP, and other
synchronization or forwarding protocols. Since there is so much under
the hood of the BBS ecosystem I want to start simple. Retro software is
a boon, however I would consider newer tools.

Which BBS software package is the simplest to install and configure?

Which is the most useful package(s)?

Which would be best for integrating a NNTP gateway to Rocksolid Light?

Which has the best user menu interface in terminal?

What is the best user clients available for Linux?

What other considerations, tools, and protocols should I be thinking
about?

Please note the Followup-To for newsgroup alt.bbs.

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Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency Communication
From: Anonymous
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Organization: RetroBBS
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:17 UTC
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From: Anonymous@invalid.invalid (Anonymous)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs, rocksolid.shared.helpdesk, alt.privacy.anon-server
Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For
High-Latency Communication
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 01:17:12 +0000
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http://bbslist.textfiles.com/708/

See if you can track some of these people down. Hell Pit (virus exchange) also had credit cards number exchange too. The Status of limitation is expired.

Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency Communication
From: Anonymous
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 02:18 UTC
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From: Anonymous@invalid.invalid (Anonymous)
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http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/

Got overwhelmed with memories and copied the wrong link. Currently in a Pennsylvania demented home waiting for my turn to be the Mafia "Capo del tuti capi" and live in the mansion on the hill they call Casa Blanca.

Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency Communication
From: gaussianblue
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From: gaussianblue@asymptote.invalid (gaussianblue)
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Anonymous@invalid.invalid (Anonymous) writes:

>waiting for my turn to be the Mafia "Capo del tuti capi" and live in the mansion on the hill they call Casa Blanca.

Hey, is this the reference to a movie? I've never heard of something like that.

Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For High-Latency Communication
From: Anonymous
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 21:30 UTC
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From: Anonymous@invalid.invalid (Anonymous)
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Subject: Re: Questions For Finding A Simple BBS Package Or Related Tools For
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It is a documentary.
The game plan at the time was to get through a bunch of PBX exchanges. That means you dialed a location and from that location you dialed another and so on until you reached your destination. Some people that hacked NASA went through 11 PBXes an were never caught. Anyway credentials (usernames passwords and phone numbers) were exchanged through BBSes. Most of them were unlisted and ON at specified times (like Onionshare)... There were also radio patches and laser comms etc. There was no way even 1% of the perpetrators were ever caught. Just a few idiots like Bill Gates. Jobs was never caught. Really these guys were never that good at hacking.

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