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Re: posting varification, ug!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:41:21 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
> David Eaton wrote:
> > I think the point was mentioned that NNTP authentication *worked* but that
> > once you were authenticated, you could then post as anyone? I dunno how it
> > works, but that was my understanding. I don't know how much I heard about
> > PGP keys either (or if they're related I suppose)
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> PGP keys are unrelated to nntp - and they could be used to verify that a user
is who he says he is. However, there's a development cost to setting this up
(trust me, I tried working on a script to do just that!), and PGP will not be a
good solution for all (most?) users - users who like posting from multiple
machines, or that are not inclined to install even more software on their box...
Hey - aren't you supposed to tout your own product? ;)
ps: don't install anything on my machine ;)
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| (...) PGP keys are unrelated to nntp - and they could be used to verify that a user is who he says he is. However, there's a development cost to setting this up (trust me, I tried working on a script to do just that!), and PGP will not be a good (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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