From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Subject: Re: BBS Development for Linux Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 12:02:37 GMT
In article <740191997.AA00163@tac_ops.f226.n129.z1.fidonet.org>, Doug.Hilton%p1.f226.n129.z1@fidonet.org (Doug Hilton) writes:
| I believe that all a linux bbs really needs is:
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| a. Handles login and new users, can be used with BinkleyTerm.
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| b. Runs from some kind of interpreted program, for easy mods.
Actually there are some performance issues there, unless you want to
be a single user board.
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| c. Has hotkeys enabled, to allow use of cursor keys.
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| d. Can exec anything.
You want to think a lot about security on a BBS, I've seen 3-4
jerks/month, more or less steady since 1986.
| I would suggest that any linux bbs simply use external editors, external
| protocols, external everything.
Sounds like you just want to port mbox, which is fine but limited by
being subject to changes due to new mail and/or news software. There are
tradeoffs when you build on other stuff, and every bug and problem in
the software you use becomes a problem in the BBS.
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bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; 518-387-6489
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