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echo: echolist
to: Mark Lewis
from: Ben Ritchey
date: 2017-03-30 23:12:14
subject: Re: .RUL files

* An ongoing debate between mark lewis and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

 ml { the main thing i was pointing out is that those files need to be
 ml { removed and should have been a long time ago...

I got that, and a mechanism for pruning the files will be implemented, 
eventually.

 ml { have numerous concerns but i'm not sure when/if i'll have time to
 ml { write them down for you... the main thing, though, is security and

The Echolist belongs to FIDONet and is being re-built from the ground up. If 
constructive feedback is lacking or missing altogether then it'll be what I 
perceive as best practice, period.

 ml { what happens if someone drops off a file with an existing name that
 ml { shouldn't be dropped off by them... in other words, someone pretending
 ml { to be authorized to drop off that particular file... kinda rings of

If someone spoofs the address of a valid user, there's not much I can do for 
now. I validate each .RUL submission to a valid user.


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