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BBSes are making a comeback. This time over telnet. They're just as great as they used to be.
telnetis an insecure protocol. Ideally you should usesshinstead ~~but most~~ which some modern BBS's support both. Of course if you want to dial in on legacy "authentic" hardware then SSH isn't possible.๐กYou can SSH (or telnet) from your phone using Termux and it works pretty well (though admittedly not as good without full ANSI support). It doesn't use full height of screen but is still usable. BBS's could be enhanced to support that though.
Here's an example of how one looks on my phone:
ssh NEW@bbs.bottomlessabyss.net -p 2222 -c aes256-cbcThis looks fucking awesome.
I really like Termius for SSH on Android (dunno if it's on iOS). I use it for all my servers.
In my part of the BBS-world telnet is the only option. I'm a C64 guy, and a TCP stack is memory hungry enough for 64k of RAM.
But yes, encrypt when available.
If I can play tradewars again, without having to worry about one of my friends calling to knock me off so they can get in, I'm in.
Any good resources for finding these?