Adam Scriven wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 09:23:50PM -0500, Shane Lee wrote:
> > Just make sure that all the passwords are encrypted, or there might
> > be a larger security problem than you can imagine.
>
> Can the mud handle crypted passwords? I suppose the code to add that in
> probably isn't rocket science, so it probably could.
>
Yep, in fact it already does stock provided that your platform supports
it with the various correct libraries. The Configure script checks for
crypt support and turns it on automatically.
> Actually, security isn't a real issue, at least not more than any other
> system, since I'm on an ADSL link, on a home network, where I control
> everything including the firewall.
>
You'd be surprised
> Running a mud out of my house is a DREAM!
> Especially since I get 100baseT access.
> *evil laugh*
>
Yep, sure is ;-)
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 10:05:52PM -0500, Todd Laycock wrote:
> > On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Adam Scriven wrote:
> > :Also, I can't find anything that allows me to migrate from binary to ascii
> > :player files. What am I missing?
> >
> > There's a converter included with the patch if I'm not mistaken... it's
> > been a while since I installed ascii pfiles, but I think it's
> > included. :)
>
> Now, I must be blind, because I can't find an ascii-pfile patch for Linux
> anywhere. I see the one for Windows, but since it specifies windows, I
> assumed it was the wrong one for me.
http://www.circlemud.org/pub/CircleMUD/contrib/code/ascii_pfiles-2.0b-fixed.tar.gz
Regards, Peter
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