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  • Virtual Machines for BBSs: WSl2

    From sea jay@21:1/112 to All on Sun Nov 15 14:57:13 2020
    VM can better isolate the network, such as a cracked system otherwise potentially being able to attack/hack your router

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)
  • From ryan@21:1/168 to sea jay on Sun Nov 15 22:35:06 2020
    VM can better isolate the network, such as a cracked system otherwise potentially being able to attack/hack your router

    Not sure I follow, but WSL combines the full attack surface of a linux box
    with the full attack surface of a windows box all in one, so I'd be pretty reluctant to open the firewall to WSL :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)
  • From sea jay@21:1/112 to ryan on Thu Nov 19 19:18:58 2020
    I don't use Windows Ryan, haven't done so since XP days. Linux running
    kvm/qemu for a BBS located in guest OS within a wifi guest network
    (SSID) dedicated soley for it is relatively trivial/simple to set up and secure. Boot/system files can all be on a CD (read only) boot system, leaving just the BBS messages being disk/backup based.

    My 'desktop' linux system is just 5MB (combined vmlinuz with integral
    initrd), busybox based, boots with wifi net connect and has OpenSSH.
    Setting that to connect to a dedicated 'guest' wifi network and adding something like mystic BBS on top of that for example would be good (secure) enough.

    I wouldn't go down the Windows (WSL) route, more so given history.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Black Flag <ACiD Telnet HQ> blackflagbbs.com (21:1/112)
  • From ryan@21:1/168 to sea jay on Fri Nov 20 01:03:46 2020
    I wouldn't go down the Windows (WSL) route, more so given history.

    Thanks for your message, but (respectfully) I have no idea what you're
    replying to here. Mind quoting next time for the context? :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs (21:1/168)