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22 Apr 20 13:10, you wrote to me:

 AI> Hello Oli,

 Ol>> I wonder why we still use packet passwords. Why not create a
 Ol>> inbound filebox for every node/point that calls and rely on the
 Ol>> session password? Is there any (open source) mailer or tosser
 Ol>> that support inbound fileboxes?

 AI> I use binkd and it does support in and out fileboxes. I have only ever
 AI> used an outbound filebox for one node and that does what I need it to
 AI> do. I have never used an inbound filebox so I'm not sure how that
 AI> would work in practice or if it would fill any real need. I'm not sure
 AI> my tosser knows how to use an inbound filebox for a link.

But you have to define the filebox for every node in advance. I thougt it
would be nice to create a filebox for every incoming connection automatically.
Argus is very flexible (search for filebox):

http://www.artur.pl/hack/ritlabs.ii.pl/argus/hlp/eng/index.html

 AI> What I would like to see is a proper binkps protocol. We could drop
 AI> the CRYPT option (when using binkps) and have a fully secure session,
 AI> regardless of inbound or outbound directories.

I don't understand how this is connected to packet passwords and inbound dirs.

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