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    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to All on Thursday, November 15, 2018 14:04:39
    Some clarification pls, from anyone.

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?

    If so: where?

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33
    * Origin: If there's an elephant in the room, introduce him (2:292/854)
  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 15, 2018 08:21:12
    15 Nov 18 14:04, Ward Dossche wrote to All:

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?


    The documentation for AreaFix 1.30 says...


    Password <net/node> <password> <accesslevel> [key [sysop]] (Limit:
    none)

    In order for a node to have access to Areafix, it must have a password
    set here. The password is then entered on the message subject line of
    the change request message. The access level may be from 0 to 32767,
    with 32767 being the highest, most privileged level. The length of
    passwords should be limited to 8 characters, and is NOT case
    sensitive.

    --- Msged/NT 6.0.1
    * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Fred Riccio on Thursday, November 15, 2018 16:11:05
    Hi Fred,

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?
    ...
    The length length of passwords should be limited to 8 characters,
    and is NOT case sensitive.
    """"""""""""""""""

    Thank you Fred, this is exactly what I was looking for.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33
    * Origin: If there's an elephant in the room, introduce him (2:292/854)
  • From Rob Swindell to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 15, 2018 07:49:02
    Re: Re: Areafix password
    By: Ward Dossche to Fred Riccio on Thu Nov 15 2018 04:11 pm

    Hi Fred,

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?
    ...
    The length length of passwords should be limited to 8 characters,
    and is NOT case sensitive.
    """"""""""""""""""

    Thank you Fred, this is exactly what I was looking for.

    Also, here:
    http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0057.003
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Fred Riccio on Thursday, November 15, 2018 19:20:20
    Good ${greeting_time}, Fred!

    15 Nov 2018 08:21:12, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?
    The documentation for AreaFix 1.30 says...

    It seems to be quite outdated... however, Husky Project's areafix module allows
    it to contain anything, and the comparison is case-insensitive (very bad!):

    if (stricmp(rlink->pwd, msg->subjectLine)==0)


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii

    ... GPG: 8832FE9FA791F7968AC96E4E909DAC45EF3B1FA8 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net
    --- /bin/vi
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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 15, 2018 11:41:11
    On 15 Nov 18 14:04:39, Ward Dossche said the following to All:

    Some clarification pls, from anyone.

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?

    I'm pretty sure the format as introduced by Greg Dawson states that its up to eight characters, not case sensitive.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
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  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Ward Dossche on Thursday, November 15, 2018 19:11:14
    Hello Ward!

    Nov 15 14:04 2018, Ward Dossche wrote to All:

    Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?

    AFAIK, there's no FTSC standard. Most FTN software supports passwords up to 8 characters at least. But there are differences regarding case sensitivity, maximum length and special characters.

    ciao,
    Markus

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    * Origin: *** theca tabellaria *** (2:240/1661)
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Rob Swindell on Thursday, November 15, 2018 19:22:22
    Hello Rob!

    Nov 15 07:49 2018, Rob Swindell wrote to Ward Dossche:

    The length length of passwords should be limited to 8 characters,
    and is NOT case sensitive.
    """"""""""""""""""

    Thank you Fred, this is exactly what I was looking for.

    Also, here:
    http://ftsc.org/docs/fsc-0057.003

    ... but nothing about the length or characters.

    ciao,
    Markus

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    * Origin: *** theca tabellaria *** (2:240/1661)
  • From Tommi Koivula@2:221/10 to Alexey Vissarionov on Friday, November 16, 2018 08:11:48
    From Alexey Vissarionov To Fred Riccio

    WD>> Is the format of the areafix password described somewhere?
    FR> The documentation for AreaFix 1.30 says...

    It seems to be quite outdated... however, Husky Project's areafix module allows it to contain anything, and the comparison is case-insensitive
    (very bad!):

    Speaking of ancient tossers that work fine today... GEcho limits the password lenght to 16, FastEcho to 8. Both are forcing the UPPERCASE passwords in setup but accept lowercase too.

    'Tommi

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