Greetings,

I was trying to SSH into another BBS, my telnet/ssh client asks for a login
and password for the SSH session, is that just what I would use to normally login to that particular BBS? Second, what are SSH keys? Do I need one?

Any help appreciated

Nitro

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/18 (Windows/64)
* Origin: Abacus BBS (21:1/190)

I was trying to SSH into another BBS, my telnet/ssh client asks for a login and password for the SSH session, is that just what I would use to normally login to that particular BBS? Second, what are SSH keys? Do I need one?

If the other BBS is running mystic you can login as NEW/NEW if you don't have an account, otherwise yes it is your regular login credentials.

You don't need an SSH key to login, most people use ssh keys to login without
a password, I'm not even sure that would work in the BBS ssh implementations (haven't tried)

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Black Lodge Research BBS (21:4/166)

Hello Nitro!

On 22 Mar 2020, Nitro said the following...

I was trying to SSH into another BBS, my telnet/ssh client asks for a login and password for the SSH session, is that just what I would use to normally login to that particular BBS? Second, what are SSH keys? Do I need one?

I would say most BBSes do not require SSH keys for authentication (logging
in), instead only a username (some even skip this) and possibly a password.
The login details would have to be supplied by the SysOp of the BBS to the visitors by some other means (BBS ads etc.).

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

I would say most BBSes do not require SSH keys for authentication
(logging in), instead only a username (some even skip this) and possibly
a password. The login details would have to be supplied by the SysOp of the BBS to the visitors by some other means (BBS ads etc.).

...and of course, right after posting this, it struck me that this is mostly true when there is some software *in front of* the actual BBS software (which one usually doesn't want too much in the way).

Most BBS software packages which support SSH "natively" (on their own) accept usernames/passwords of the accounts already registered with the BBS, and usually display a conventional "BBS login prompt" (where you can enter any details, e.g. if you are a new user) if the specified SSH user does not exist in the BBS.

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)