Hello everybody!

I have a node that polls here every minute 24/7 with an unknown password.

In order to satisfy their poll I need to set up the system here with the password used but cannot find out how to show it in the logs, but wsa able in an earlier version some how.

Can anyone provide what I need to do setup wise etc to recover this password which if I can do this might stop this annoying behaviour.

This may need a change to the code base to do so, please help.


Vincent


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Hi Vincent,

On 2024-11-13 14:10:33, you wrote to All:

I have a node that polls here every minute 24/7 with an unknown
password.

In order to satisfy their poll I need to set up the system here with the password used but cannot find out how to show it in the logs, but wsa able in
an earlier version some how.

Can anyone provide what I need to do setup wise etc to recover this password
which if I can do this might stop this annoying behaviour.

If done correctly in the binkp protocol, the password is never send accross the line, only checksums that are generated with the password (I think that is what the OPT CRAM-MD5 is supposed to do). So you can't recover the password from the session.

If you have no other way of communicating with the nodes sysop, I would block them on the firewall, maybe they notice that at some point in the future. Or perhaps an other node that has no session password set with this node, can deliver a crashmail for you?

Btw: I have communicated with a number of the nodes in net 250 in the past regarding AmigaNet links, so maybe if this regards a node in net 250 I have an email address for you, if you can tell me their name in that case?


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

13 Nov 24 15:55, you wrote to me:

It is 2:301/1

Hi Vincent,

On 2024-11-13 14:10:33, you wrote to All:

I have a node that polls here every minute 24/7 with an unknown
password.

In order to satisfy their poll I need to set up the system here
with the password used but cannot find out how to show it in the
logs, but wsa able in an earlier version some how.

Can anyone provide what I need to do setup wise etc to recover
this password which if I can do this might stop this annoying
behaviour.

If done correctly in the binkp protocol, the password is never send
accross the line, only checksums that are generated with the password
(I think that is what the OPT CRAM-MD5 is supposed to do). So you
can't recover the password from the session.

If you have no other way of communicating with the nodes sysop, I
would block them on the firewall, maybe they notice that at some point
in the future. Or perhaps an other node that has no session password
set with this node, can deliver a crashmail for you?

Btw: I have communicated with a number of the nodes in net 250 in the
past regarding AmigaNet links, so maybe if this regards a node in net
250 I have an email address for you, if you can tell me their name in
that case?

Bye, Wilfred.

Vincent


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Hi Vincent,

On 2024-11-13 20:39:17, you wrote to me:

It is 2:301/1

I crashed you a netmail. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.4-B20240523
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Hello Wilfred!

13 Nov 24 15:55, you wrote to me:

If done correctly in the binkp protocol, the password is never send
accross the line, only checksums that are generated with the password
(I think that is what the OPT CRAM-MD5 is supposed to do). So you
can't recover the password from the session.

If you have no other way of communicating with the nodes sysop, I
would block them on the firewall, maybe they notice that at some point
in the future. Or perhaps an other node that has no session password
set with this node, can deliver a crashmail for you?

Thanks for that idea, done for both IP and URL.

Now to confirm that works :(

Thanks again.


Vincent


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Hello Vincent!

13 Nov 24 20:39, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

It is 2:301/1

according to fidonet.org nodelist lookup the domain is abad1dea.to and there are contact details on that webpage.

Floris


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