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Volume 1, Issue 5
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May 1991
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Table of Contents
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WWIVNews Intro Contest Submissions II...........................Various
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NET24 Release Notes..........................................Random 1@1
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Why Register WWIV?.................................Shadow Master 1@9979
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Hack Scare MCXXVIII with Fix..........................Eight Ball 1@6909
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The Pending File.........................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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The Editor's Corner.................................East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Acknowledgements.........................................WWIVNEWS Staff
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WWIVNews Intro Contest Submissions II
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Venom 2@7707
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\\/ \\/ \\/ \\/ :[] \\/ DATE :
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ISSUE :
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-*NEWS*-
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Hard Rock 204@9964 (Winner)
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NET24 Release Notes (README.NET)
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by Random 1@1
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The most significant change to this release (NET24) of the
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network software is the option to compress (Zip) network packets. If
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enabled, the network software will analyze the P0.NET and P1.NET
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(pending) files and compress the messages/mail for those nodes for
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which you have compression enabled. When a compressed packet is
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received by your system (from another node), the network software will
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de-compress the packet prior to analyzing it. All compressing and
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de-compressing is done by the network software. PKzip or other
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compression programs are NOT called nor used.
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To enable network compression for an existing connection, simply
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add a semicolon (;) to the modifiers located in CALLOUT.NET. For
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example, compression enabled for an existing connection with @1234
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(depending which modifiers are in use) could look like:
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@1234 & ; "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO"
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(The semicolon can be placed just about anywhere along with the other
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modifiers)
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BE SURE to ensure that the system you are compressing net packets
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for is also running at least NET24. ONLY NET24 (and higher) supports
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net compression (not previous releases). So in order for compression
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to be used for a connection, BOTH sides HAVE to be running at least
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NET24. MAKE SURE that the other connection is using at least NET24
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BEFORE enabling compression.
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Compressed files are stored in the Data directory starting with
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the letter 'Z' (ie: Z1234.NET would be a compressed packet for node
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1234). Data for non-compressed connections is still stored starting
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with the letter 'S' (ie: S5678.NET). After adding the semicolon for
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newly enabled 'compressed' connections, run NETWORK1. Doing so will
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convert pending 'S' files to compressed 'Z' files. To avoid having the
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network software re-analyze everything, 'touch' BBSDATA.NET prior to
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re-starting the BBS. [Ed.- TOUCH is a utility included with most
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Borland programming languages which will update any file's timestamp to
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the current time and date.]
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The network1.exe program is the program which actually does the
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compression/decompression. The compression technique used is the
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implode method used by PKzip. The actual compression/decompression
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routines are from the PKware Data Compression Library. The compressed
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net packets are NOT .ZIP files, and cannot be viewed or processed at
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all by PKzip or any other archive program.
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Do not blindly assume that compression should be used for all of
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your net connections. Whether or not compression is actually useful
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depends upon many things, such as if the connection is local or long
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distance, and whether or not the modems already support compression.
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If you are using net compression, do NOT use MNP5 for the connection.
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V.42bis is fine, however. V.42bis's ability to compress network packets
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is about the same as net compression, so if you have a V.42bis
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connection, you may be just as well off to not use net compression (and
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thus avoid the delay involved in compressing the network data). If you
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have a local HST/V.32 connection that uses V.42bis, I would not suggest
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using net compression.
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I do not know how this version will interface with other network
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packing programs not written by me, since I don't use them.
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NOTE: LNET does not currently allow you to look at compressed network
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packets.
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Why Register WWIV?
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by Shadow Master 1@9979
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(post captured and printed with permission)
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A couple of weeks ago, I recieved in the mail a sample of
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TeleComputing Magazine. In the magazine, there was an ad for The Major
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BBS. Anyway, the major feature about this BBS, is supposed to be its
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multi-line capability and its real-time group chat conferences. Anyway,
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going back to the ad I read, I thought I would like to share the quoted
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prices...
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The Major BBS (2 node capability) $ 59.00
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Source Code for BBS $ 285.00
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For Every Doubling Of # Of Nodes $ 300.00
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Transfer Section (Yes ability to Ul/DL files) $ 199.00
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Source Code For Transfer Section $ 159.00
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(Recquired To Be Able To Install External Protocols)
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OnLine Entertainment Section $ 149.00
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Source Code For Entertainment Section $ 129.00
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Program To Create Your Own Menus $ 149.00
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Source Code For The Above Program $ 129.00
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GRAND TOTAL $1558.00
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WWIV Registration $ 50.00
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Now I know I have never used The Major BBS before, but aren't
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those prices ridiculous no matter how many features the BBS software
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has? So what are we missing out on by using WWIV? MultiLine . . .
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What are Sysops Of The Major BBS suffering from? A) They are broke. B)
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They have no NET.
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I just thought I would post those figures for WWIV Sysops who
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might have been looking for alternate BBS programs. My advice: Think
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Again!
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Hack Scare MCXXVIII with Fix
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by Eight Ball 1@6909
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I don't know if this was brought up the first time the
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NETWORK.COM hack scare went around, so if it has, I apologize.
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Otherwise, we have a very SERIOUS problem because
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*** THERE IS NO "CLEAN" FIX IF YOU ARE NOT A REGISTERED SYSOP. ***
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I did however create a fix for registered sysops.
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While I was away on spring break, a user used the auto-validation
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to get into the system and uploaded a file called YEAH.ZIP which he
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called "A mod I wrote to send files over the net!" Inside were
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HACK.BAT and NETWORK.COM and we all know what those are for, right?
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When he extracted these, he extracted out "-D.*" out. The -d switch to
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PKUNZIP tells it to extract out any directories in the archive. He
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archived them with the paths, so that a pkunzip -v looked like this:
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Searching ZIP: YEAH.ZIP
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Length Method Size Ratio Date Time Attr Name
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20 Stored 20 0% 11-22-90 20:37 --w /WWIV/HACK.BAT
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14301 Stored 14301 0% 11-23-90 21:03 --w /WWIV/NETWORK.COM
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------ ------ --- -------
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14321 14321 0% 2
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Thus, even though I use the full-pathname and all the other hack
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protection business, he was able to get around it with the -D
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parameter.
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For some reason he was unsuccessful; all he managed to do was
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hang the system for three days. In fact, I ran the hack myself and it
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got as far as the CTTY in HACK.BAT before hanging the system as busy.
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I still haven't figured out what the would-be hacker did wrong but I
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am thankful it didn't work.
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If you are not a registered sysop, the only recourse I see is
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renaming your BBS directory to something that isn't easily guessed,
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because if the hacker can guess what your BBS directory is, he can put
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the directory into the ZIP file and you're screwed.
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*** REGISTERED SYSOPS READ ON ***
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If you are using the autovalidation mod, you can use the U
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restriction which forces uploads to the sysop directory. Use this:
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thisuser.restrict |= restrict_upload
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However, validated users could still use the hack. The fix for
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this, for 4.11 and 4.12 sysops (should work with earlier versions) is
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this. Load up XFER.C and look for int okfn (char *s). (It's the first
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function in my XFER.C)
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Before the line that says
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return(ok)
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add this:
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if (s[0]=='-')
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ok=0;
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This prevents anyone from using a dash as the first letter of ANY
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filename that gets checked with okfn (for instance, an uploaded file).
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[Ed.- Wayne Bell's UNZIP program, detailed in a previous issue,
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prevents this sort of PKZip hacking. Personally, I would not recommend
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modding your source code at all, but instead using Wayne Bell's
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program.]
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The Pending File
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(Tips, Tricks, and News)
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by WWIVNEWS Staff
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As it has been annouced elsewhere as well, NET24 is out and available
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on all the major support boards. There is one smaller feature in NET24
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that many have clamored for, which Wayne did not mention in his release
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notes: preferred server routing. Now that mail servers are becoming
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more and more popular, NET24's NETWORK3 now gives mail servers
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preferred routing over other non-server connections.
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The Editor's Corner
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by East Bay Ray 1@9964
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Hola senores y senoritas! Yes, we have a winner! A guy who
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actually called my system and //UPLOADed his art. My gratitude and
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sincere appreciate goes out to all the people who participated in the
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"cover" contest, they were all great entries. It was a tough choice!
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Just about everybody, including the people in Lizard Lick, NC,
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know that NET24 is out. With the release of this software dawns a new
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age: The age of network compression. It was first brought (somewhat)
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with NetZip, then with NetZip II and WWIVPACK, and now Wayne has made
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both obsolete. He uses the PKZIP technology directly in his software,
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eliminating the need for any sort of program that would compress
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packets. For more details on this, see the NET24 release notes included
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elsewhere in this issue.
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Another issue to note is that John Hardman 2@9954 (Group 5 GC) is
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stepping down May 21 as GC, and leaving WWIVnet (and BBSing altogether)
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as of June 1. WWIVnet will truly be sorry when he leaves, and many
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sysops will miss him. This also brings up an interesting topic: How
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will the next one be appointed? As far as I know, John is the first GC
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to be replaced. Will Wayne appoint one? Will John oversee an election
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within Group 5, or will John (or Wayne) simply appoint a new GC? This
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is a new step in WWIVnet history, and it will be interesting to see how
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it turns out.
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Another interesting issue is that the 919 area code is about 4
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nodes shy of being full, which means that 919 will need some new node
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numbers. Where to go? Wayne says 5 digit node numbers! That is the
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obvious solution, since the possible range of node numbers runs between
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1 and 65534. The main topic this issue brings to mind is what the
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sysops will do about sub types. Since the traditional numbering system
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consists of adding a 1, 2, 3, 4, and then 5 to your node number, some
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sub type conflicts will probably arise. Please send any suggestions,
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comments, etc. to WWIVNews, c/o 1@9964.
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Acknowledgements
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WWIV (c) 1988 by Wayne Bell.
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All other products mentioned are either registered trademarks or
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copyrighted by their respectives manufacturers.
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The End
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