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Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Mon, 18 Jun 2001 10:44:51 GMT
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First of all, thanks for putting in a quick fix. This should defenitly work,
now we just need to figure out a way to make it easier :)
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Horst Lehner writes:
\>Also, PGP encryption could potentially be used to offer a totally web-free
> solution. The news server could have my public key, to verify the posting
> really is from me, not someone who pretends to be me. After all, being on a
> pay-by-the-minute internet connection, I post through the news server,
> because I want to avoid the web interface ...
I'm of course for this option... it's the only way I can think of to allow
postings through NNTP without requireing a web client, since I believe it was
mentioned the auth NNTP will not allow casual readers to connect to the
server...
Now to allow SMTP posting without a web client, how about having an option to
reply to the auth message sent by the server... the way many list servers
act: In the subject of the mail, put in a code, and have the reply-to address
to something like auth@lugnet.com... Then, when I get the message, I can just
reply to it, type in nothing at all, and just hit send. The server will see
that it got a message from me with the right code, and authunticates my post.
:)
Once again, thanks for putting this up!
Dan
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| (...) I was wondering about that, but how do you avoid things like bad vacation programs or other auto-responders, or people who just hit Reply and scream back some curses? :) I suppose it could work if you had to reply AND put, say, an 'x' into a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: E-mail authentication during posting
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| Hello Todd, hello everybody, I can understand your rationale behind authentication, but find it annoying to frequently have to use a web interface for authentication. Therefore, this posting concentrates on implementation details, which could (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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