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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: ALEXEY VISSARIONOV
date: 2017-03-08 21:57:00
subject: livedrop

Good ${greeting_time}, Maurice!

08 Mar 2017 14:30:56, you wrote to Vasily Losev:

 VL>> What is Fidonet wireless connection?
 MK> It started out as just a BBS running on wireless but it didn't get
 MK> enough use to keep up developing for. At the moment I am thinking
 MK> just binkd for msg and other file transfers. As we speak it isn't
 MK> seeing much local traffic.

Some spy novels used the word "dead drop" to denote the place for secret
information exchange... ughm, secret exchange of secret information. The
"livedrops" could be a 21th century replacement for them.

 MK> What do you think it should be? I am always open to suggestions.

Hardware part: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/details/32754558554.html with
optional USB flash stick. The box is 62*24*14 mm (L*W*H).

Software part: GNU/Linux for MIPS (possibly OpenWRT), binkd, hpt.

Implementation thoughts: disable SSID broadcast, transfer only encrypted
(RSA4096+SHA2+Twofish256CFB) files.


Sorry, there are some idiots ringing at my door in the late eveni

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