[nos-bbs] nos-bbs Digest, Vol 199, Issue 3

Mon Nov 22 17:12:07 EST 2021

Hello,

Just curious to see what was possible from the internet. I have send a
email via the ampr.org network about compilation error with VARA defined.
Your mail address @mbs.ca does not respond to European mails servers. ;-)

Best 73' Jan PA3GJX.

jancats60 at gmail.com.

Op za 20 nov. 2021 18:04 schreef <nos-bbs-request at lists.tapr.org>:

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> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:58:47 -0600
> From: M Langelaar <maiko at pcsinternet.ca>
> To: TAPR xNOS Mailing List <nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org>
> Subject: [nos-bbs] Jan (pa3gjx) trying to contact you ...
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> I noticed your A in your login is a special character,
>
> so it is showing 'bad login' on the log ... I see you tried
>
> to access just now. Sorry , I don't have a current email
>
> from you and am not able to send via ampr.org setup.
>
> Maiko / VE4KLM
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:13:10 -0600
> From: M Langelaar <maiko at pcsinternet.ca>
> To: TAPR xNOS Mailing List <nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org>
> Subject: Re: [nos-bbs] https support web based BBS access (mod_proxy)
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> One last thing. Technically a header rewrite entry in httpd.conf should be
> able to handle the https <-> http proxy, without needing to change code
> in the bbs10000.c source file, but I had some issues trying to make it
> work, and rewrite rules are not my forte' so that's why I did the mod.
>
> If someone wants to give it a shot without the mod, go for it please.
>
> Maiko / VE4KLM
>
> On 19/11/2021 10:54 a.m., M Langelaar wrote:
>
> > I forgot to mention, to access this you would simply use (in my case) :
> >
> > ??? https://www.langelaar.net/jnosbbs
> >
> > and magically you see the web based user bbs (secured internet side)
> >
> > So no more worry about clear text data and such outside the system.
> >
> > M
> >
> > On 19/11/2021 10:52 a.m., M Langelaar wrote:
> >> Good morning,
> >>
> >> This feature requires you to run apache with mod_proxy capabilities.
> >> I'll leave
> >> it to you to get that done on your own. If you don't have apache or
> >> don't want
> >> to install it then this is not for you. If you can get it work for
> >> NGINX as well ?
> >>
> >> See my danger warning about proxying at the end of this email -
> >> important to read !
> >>
> >> This will all be added to the j2addendum 'soon', but in case people
> >> want to play :)
> >>
> >> Including other improvements as well, the latest bbs10000.c from the
> >> offiical
> >> rsync site has support for anyone wanting SECURE access to the JNOS port
> >> 10000 web based user bbs interface. You can just grab the one file if
> >> that's all
> >> you are interested in. The procedure is as follows :
> >>
> >> 1) edit your config.h and add the following entry at the top :
> >>
> >> ??? #define APACHE_MOD_PROXY_BBS10000
> >>
> >> 2) grab the latest bbs10000.c from the rsync site
> >>
> >> 3) compile your jnos (don't have to do a mass compile) as follows :
> >>
> >> ??? rm bbs10000.o ; make
> >>
> >> 4) edit your httpd.conf and INSIDE of your virtual host :443 add these
> >> ??? two entries (replacing the IP information with whatever your
> >> internal
> >> ??? JNOS ip address happens to be, these are from my system) :
> >>
> >> ??? ProxyPass "/jnosbbs" "http://192.168.4.201:10000"
> >> ??? ProxyPassReverse "/jnosbbs" "http://192.168.4.201:10000"
> >>
> >> The #define I mentioned earlier relies on the exact jnosbbs suffix, so
> >> just make sure your ip address is correct, the port is the default.
> >>
> >> There is a danger of running this in proxy mode, regardless of doing
> >> it this way or using that perl tcp redirect proxy I mentioned before.
> >> The
> >> way JNOS does it`s `callback`management is that it depends on unique
> >> IP addresses to figure out which session an incoming user should be
> >> using
> >> internal to JNOS. With proxy mode, the danger is if someone is already
> >> connected ? any subsequent user will be greeted with and be allowed to
> >> interact with that calls session, and see and affect everything going
> >> on !
> >>
> >> That is very dangerous. SO, if you are going to proxy to the internet,
> >> then do NOT make your link public. I am trying to find a way to deal
> >> with this, and making some progress, but it's not done yet. You've
> >> been warned.
> >>
> >> But for personal use, and firewall rules, this might be very handy for
> >> those that want to check their JNOS systems via web interfaces, ie:
> >> on a phone or something. I'll try and figure this conflict out asap.
> >>
> >> Maiko / VE4KLM
> >>
> >>
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