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  To: Rob Swindell
  Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott on Tue Apr 04 2023 09:56 am

 >
 > 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.

on datastream which was a very popular gaming bbs, i had some games rigged to
not kick the user due to running out of time.

these people would rot on there for many, many hours.
some of them were using tradewars trainer programs and that screwed up.

i think a 5 min inactivity time out is decent.
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