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From: bob@islenet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: BBS Confiscation
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Date: Fri, 8-Jun-84 02:14:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  8 02:14:37 1984
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Kenn Barry asks,

>	I heard recently that the system-manglers are even attacking
>the BBS's! Apparently a number of the local BBS's have been brought down
>intentionally by people calling in. Are there any sysops out there who
>have encountered this, or heard about it?

Yes.  The BBS's out here regularly undergo attacks by self-styled "systems
crashers".  If there are any loopholes in the BBS software that allow the
system to be brought down, they will be found.  Passwords easily broken,
are.  Control characters that might create a program interrupt or hang the
modem are regularly tried.

Stable systems without passwords (Conference Tree clones and some of the
RBBS systems) tend to get a surprising amount of pointless obscene messages
posted.  Messages posting various cracking techniques and phone numbers
show up regularly.  It takes a considerable amount of time and patience on
the part their SYSOPs to keep this stuff pruned off.

All sorts of subterfuges and phoney names are tried to obtain passwords.

Out of the 1000 or so people out here who use the public BBS's, it seems
1% to 2% of them enjoy trying to mangle systems.
-- 
Bob Cunningham   ..{dual,ihnp4,uhpgvax,vortex}!islenet!bob
Honolulu, Hawaii