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    From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, January 21, 2023 18:28:12
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/e6017a35aa2fecf4d05a4621
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Restore stealth legacy login prompt (NN:)

    This old prompt used to be sent for any login scripts (e.g. QWKnet
    via dial-up) that would key off that WWIV-like "name or number"
    (NN:) prompt, but was removed (accidentally?) in commit fedabb0b8f6dfcdc4.

    Send "NN: " and "PW: " (include the trailing space, just in case), and use carriage return to move back (and overwrite) rather than 4 backspaces.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, February 04, 2023 20:20:08
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/f5c555808b050bc980af2852
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    The bare CR is treated as CRLF on PETSCII, so use Ctrl-A[ instead

    We don't do output translation for PETSCII terminals for CR or LF
    chars, so this trick is needed, at least currently, for the NN legacy prompt
    to be properly over-written/invisible for CBM/PETSCII terminals.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on ChromeOS)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, February 11, 2023 13:35:16
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/1b67a35ef4230d8ac379e04a
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Use the new (to v3.20) method of checking for login-by-usernumber support

    The old NM_NO_NUM flag is unused/deprecated.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, March 18, 2023 14:51:34
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/b91e77719928033321808776
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Apply inactive_hangup option (for dumb terminals) using max_socket_inactivity

    this insures that inactive dumb (bot) connections will be disconnected even when using a script (e.g. animated pause prompt) that doesn't time-out.

    Also, if the connected node is the last node (for this sbbs instance), divide the socket inactivity timeout value in half.

    These changes (along with sbbs v3.20) should help with DOS (denial-of-service, not MS-DOS) prevention.

    Mainly for Krueger.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 17:02:02
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/7f1525c5bca05030d54a2c40
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Enable "use strict" mode in this script - best practice

    Requires hex literals for control chars instead of octal
    (e.g. \x01 instead of \1)

    All stock scripts should be using strict mode, so this was a miss.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, January 03, 2026 14:24:16
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/add6a3362f3c884eb92374d7
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Log a msg to the node/system log when new user registration is canceled

    Yeah, one 'l'.
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, January 03, 2026 22:22:22
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/80a100d80e23ecc5a087157e
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Don't call bbs.logline() when it's not a function (e.g. v3.20 and earlier)
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, January 10, 2026 04:00:11
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/031bea289a55527d947975b8
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Set node status in retry loop

    If a user aborted the new user registration, the node status would not revert back to "At login prompt".
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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sunday, January 11, 2026 01:55:07
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/125c521d6a2962c1395ef046
    Modified Files:
    exec/login.js
    Log Message:
    Remove the old dumb-terminal inactivity hangup hack

    This feature is now built-into SBBS and doesn't rely on the login module to be executed to reduce the socket inactivity to a (short) reasonable timeout for likely bots.
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