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  Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Dennis Scott to Daniel Path on Tue Apr 04 2023 06:16 am

 >   Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
 >   By: Daniel Path to Dennis Scott on Sun Apr 02 2023 08:19 pm
 >
 > Good man. I think all BBSs should increase the timeout or eliminate it all
 > together at this point in time.
 >
 > Doing the Control-P trick works but why have to do that? There's plenty of
 > bandwidth and nodes to go around most of the time...

Nodes are a finite resource. Sysops don't want their systems to be subject to
very simple "denial of service" attacks by users either accidentally or
purposefully just "walking away from the keyboard" once connected and tying up
all their nodes.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #54:
NAPLPS = North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax (ANSI X3.110)
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