[GoLUG] Mailing list, long term.

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:52:00 -0500
Barry Fishman <barry at ecubist.org> wrote:

> On 2025-08-15 01:41:01 -04, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:39:24 -0700
> > Ron <ron at bclug.ca> wrote:
> >  
> >> Steve Litt wrote on 2025-08-14 18:52:  

> > As it's currently designed, a bad actor could make an evil clone of
> > a given MindMeld, which the bad actor admins, and the bad actor
> > could whitelist spammers and blacklist the real admin from the evil
> > clone. And if they were both on the same shared hosting facility,
> > it might be possible for both to be on the same IP address and
> > port. When MindMeld later gets TLS, I think that problem goes away.
> > Let's hear from others: What might be some methods to disallow two
> > identically named MindMeld servers on the same IP and port?  
> 
> This doesn't seem to be a issue with HTTP.  I presume if the two
> servers are sharing an IP address, they are NAT-ed so their packets
> don't get confused.  You just need to make sure the user is
> connecting to the correct domain name that you own.

I think you're right. I'm possibly worried about nothing.

> 
> On a similar point, you might note that MindMeld is trademarked by
> Cisco Technologies Inc. (and have the domain mindmeld.com), who might
> not be happy with your use of that name if you wish to distribute your
> software.  You might want to pick another name and reserve a domain
> name for it to establish at least a prior use.

:-) That's why MindMeld is the *working* name. The software, if and
when it's released, will have a different name. Hopefully a better name.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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